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dissolution

[dis-uh-loo-shuhn] / ˌdɪs əˈlu ʃən /




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Hashim Thaci was convicted in one of the final verdicts in a series of landmark trials arising from the bloody dissolution of the former Yugoslavia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The researchers process PET plastic, discarded corn stalks and leaves, and other biomass using a proprietary technique known as oxidative hydrothermal dissolution.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

More formally known as judicial dissolution, the corporate death penalty basically happens when the government is so pissed off by the corruption or damage a corporation causes that it yanks away their charter.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

"We expect the disarmament and dissolution processes to be implemented as quickly as possible.. and subsequently for the relevant articles of the law to come into effect," he wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

If the price of peace was the dissolution of the Union, many people felt that compensation lay in stopping human slaughter.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

"It's not about the election, it's about the dissolutions."

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

“These are mom-and-pop owners of real estate. People going through death, divorce, partnership dissolutions or retirement who are forced to sell as soon as possible,” Maher said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023

The dissolutions could create a fresh constitutional crisis in the country.

From Reuters ● Dec. 17, 2022

On the flip side, dissolutions and mixtures of worlds into stars during an engulfment could open a rare window into the interior ingredients of exoplanets.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

This is another mystery which I don't comprehend; for what does it signify what one dies of, except the pain it gives more than common dissolutions? etc.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Peter Cunningham




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