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dislocation

[dis-loh-key-shuhn] / ˌdɪs loʊˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Yet for all its honesty about that dislocation, the film remains remarkably hopeful.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Both actors gently expose their characters’ dislocation and disorientation as they grapple with the void in their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The strategy is “strongly based on the dislocation we saw in the market,” Mike Spencer, Salesforce’s head of finance, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

Woods said the oil market has so far been able to manage the dislocation because of the amount of crude in commercial inventories and the release of some strategic governments reserves.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

A falling away, a dislocation was taking place.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

"This nonequilibrium fabrication approach enables us to fabricate materials from alloy vapor to a solid, introducing a significant number of dislocations in CoAl," Zhang said.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

The combination of dislocations introduced during fabrication and the framework of amorphous interfaces produced an exceptionally strong CoAl intermetallic.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

All of the essays traffic, to one degree or another, in emotional pain, and some have at their core the grievous dislocations of mental illness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Their oil production businesses gain if inventories keep falling and crude prices rise, while their refineries, trading desks, chemical plants, and logistics networks can profit from the dislocations created by the war.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

“And what is most likely in the future to cause economic dislocations? Answer that, Stephen.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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