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But its goals fall well short of hastening the disintegration of the West or establishing an antidemocratic order.
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Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2024
At times, the Currents masthead has seemed on the cusp of disintegration.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Content by this author: Contemporary Cuba: The Post-Castro Era
In this indispensable compendium, 29 leading experts, including many young Cuban scholars, delve deeply into the precipitous disintegration of Cuban society.
—William M. Leogrande, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
Jocelyn, slipping into a state of agitated anomie, has trouble running the fights satisfactorily, giving rise to a gangland conflict of deadly menace.
Dah, witnessing Jocelyn’s gradual emotional and moral disintegration, resorts to increasingly desperate measures to hold up their end of the deal.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
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Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2024
At times, the Currents masthead has seemed on the cusp of disintegration.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Content by this author: Contemporary Cuba: The Post-Castro Era
In this indispensable compendium, 29 leading experts, including many young Cuban scholars, delve deeply into the precipitous disintegration of Cuban society.
—William M. Leogrande, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
Jocelyn, slipping into a state of agitated anomie, has trouble running the fights satisfactorily, giving rise to a gangland conflict of deadly menace.
Dah, witnessing Jocelyn’s gradual emotional and moral disintegration, resorts to increasingly desperate measures to hold up their end of the deal.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegration
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Adding low levels of fluoride to drinking water is widely considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century for its role in preventing tooth decay.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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More than half of Californians and nearly 75% of U.S. residents live in communities where fluoride has been added to drinking water to prevent tooth decay, an intervention hailed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as one of the 20th century’s greatest public health achievements.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trending on Billboard In a statement posted to social media on Nov. 4, Lambesis reflected on the internal issues that culminated in the band’s dissolution.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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The dissolution of strict gendered dressing is the stale chat of this millennium.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
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Here is a state-by-state breakdown of the rules: Alabama Alabama's Secretary of State Office urges residents who move across county lines to register to vote in their new county of residence.Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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On Monday, Newsweek looked at the national polls since October 28 that provide a breakdown of voting intention based on gender and found that on average, women break for Harris by 8 points, while men break for Trump by 10 points.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Disintegration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegration. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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