destruction
Example Sentences
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“There’s no such thing as 4 million barrels a day of permanent demand destruction for oil,” he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The destruction in Koreatown and the experience of watching Korean American business owners struggle in its aftermath helped shape her later work in community advocacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Demand destruction is also a factor, particularly in Asia, which got most of its oil from the Mideast.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Joseph Schumpeter held that creative destruction, in response to new technology, created economic swings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It might be thought that Copernicus was responsible for the destruction of the correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing destruction
Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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Biodiversity and Humans - Introductory
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