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disarray

[dis-uh-rey] / ˌdɪs əˈreɪ /


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Crenshaw residents say construction in many areas lasted only for a few months before funding ran out, leaving the neighborhood in disarray.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

They refer to a discipline in disarray, write papers with titles like “How Sociology Can Save Itself” and blog about “Sociology’s Pervasively Dubious Assumptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Their journey from beginning to end has been a beautiful and often challenging exercise of building stability in chaos and out of disarray.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

The agreement -- aimed at preventing a repeat of the international disarray in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic -- cannot enter into force until the annex is finalised.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Attorney General Edmund Randolph was away negotiating an Indian treaty, and his department fell into disarray almost immediately.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Broadcasting from the station’s small Brooklyn storefront, director Ricot Dupuy has fielded calls suggesting dark theories about the assassins or sharing fears for a motherland becoming further disarrayed.

From Reuters Jul. 9, 2021

She jabbed her chin at the disarrayed skeletons.

From Nature Jul. 31, 2013

Mr. Arpino, 60, was standing in the disarrayed showroom of Rootstein Display Mannequins in Chelsea, where he is the creative director.

From New York Times Dec. 12, 2012

At the end of an hour and a half Governor La Follette's hair was in his eyes, his coat disarrayed, but his Madison audience was still very much with him.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was half-empty and the clothes were disarrayed and tumbled.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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