as in disruption
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the slightest dislocation in her daily routine bothered the elderly woman
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Recent Examples of dislocation
But nearly all are rife with feelings of dislocation and existential dread.
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Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
According to Roberts, Ohtani suffered a shoulder subluxation, essentially a partial dislocation less severe than if his shoulder had fully popped out.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Biden is the first President in decades to treat government as the designer and ongoing referee of markets, rather than as the corrector of markets’ dislocations and excesses after the fact.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Environmentalists say their construction has contributed to deforestation, the loss of biodiversity, and dislocation of tens of thousands of Brazilians.
—Andre Cabette Fabio, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
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Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
According to Roberts, Ohtani suffered a shoulder subluxation, essentially a partial dislocation less severe than if his shoulder had fully popped out.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Biden is the first President in decades to treat government as the designer and ongoing referee of markets, rather than as the corrector of markets’ dislocations and excesses after the fact.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Environmentalists say their construction has contributed to deforestation, the loss of biodiversity, and dislocation of tens of thousands of Brazilians.
—Andre Cabette Fabio, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Dislocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocation. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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