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instability

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


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That moisture is being pulled northward by an upper-level trough — a low-pressure area in the atmosphere — and the resulting instability may produce thunderstorms and showers, she said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 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

Higher interest rates, a global slowdown, political instability and AI capex are just four things about which investors aren’t especially troubled in late summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The Soviets quickly caught on to the emotional distress and instability of their prized secret agent.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

By developing a new high-density operating approach for EAST, the team showed that plasma density can be pushed well past long-standing empirical limits without triggering the disruptive instabilities that usually end experiments.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2026

Its present size and depth, approximately 350 km wide, line up well with predictions for these slow-moving mantle instabilities.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2025

When applied to cosmic scales, this suggests that plasma instabilities alone are too weak to account for the missing gamma rays.

From Science Daily Nov. 7, 2025

The ordinary object of the physician is to check these instabilities when they occur; to restore healthy blood in the place of vitiated.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers




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