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instability

[in-stuh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn stəˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Tiny differences in temperature, humidity, wind and atmospheric instability can determine whether a storm forms at all or where it moves.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Amid ongoing instability, any new natural-uranium reactor would risk radioactive hazards or diversion of material into the wrong hands.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Aggressive expansions typically come with plenty of risk: an immediate strain on resources, profit instability, and possibly outgrowing the existing business model.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

It demeans the entire nation, and adds to the instability in the world.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

I spent that weekend in a slushy mix of anxiety about the country’s instability and delight at watching Otto fill out into a handsome young bonobo.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities develop when two fluids move alongside one another at different speeds.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

These persistent instabilities can affect everything from uplift and erosion to inland volcanic patterns, even in regions considered geologically stable.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2025

By measuring the beam's shape and the magnetic fields it generated, the researchers were able to determine whether plasma instabilities could be strong enough to disrupt the beam's flow.

From Science Daily Nov. 7, 2025

Combining high-speed synchrotron X-ray imaging, theoretical analysis and numerical simulation, the researchers revealed the defect mitigation mechanisms, which involve phenomena that reduce instabilities in the laser powder bed fusion process.

From Science Daily Nov. 22, 2024

What rot!—as if that ever attracted me, with its false pretenses of heart, its instabilities and downright treacheries.

From Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman




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