disequilibrium

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Recent Examples of disequilibrium One of my ideas was to place a figure from the Age of Enlightenment, a humanist, in a sort of psychic disequilibrium. Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023 If disequilibrium equals opportunity, Zero Party Data Analytics just might provide both retailers and brands with a …new compass. Gary Drenik, Forbes, 8 June 2022 In contrast additive effects are less sensitive to decay in linkage disequilibrium, which measures the association of alleles across genes, so that one marker may serve as a signal for the presence of another variant down or up the genome. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2013 From first principles, this approach can replicate the most obvious example of atmospheric disequilibrium today on our planet—the presence of oxygen and traces of methane (the latter being the gentle exhalations of the once mighty methanogen biosphere). Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018 See All Example Sentences for disequilibrium
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Noun
  • Lake said that an imbalance in hormonal pathways can increase PCOS risk.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Intravenous solutions are used in hospitals and other care settings to deliver medication, keep patients hydrated and/or address electrolyte imbalances.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Mercy is a way to look at our unbalances and do something.
    Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
  • Not by trying to smooth out this unbalance, or trying to fish for quotas or whatnot.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 July 2024
Noun
  • This book and American War explore very similar themes—global instability, the cruelty and corruption of the West, dehumanization, war, massacres—but in different genres.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
  • However, if interest rates remain high and economic growth slows, builders may be forced to offer deeper price cuts, potentially leading to further market instability.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Disequilibrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disequilibrium. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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