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instability

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


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Big Issue is sold by people experiencing homelessness or financial instability.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

A fear of political instability in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The program has allowed hundreds of thousands of Haitians to live and work legally in the United States due to violence and political instability back home.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

“Student-athletes cannot afford to start another school year under a cloud of regulatory instability and legal confusion.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

“But when things weren’t going well, they became signs of incompetence or instability on my part—even among employees and business partners.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The researchers believe these swirling flows are evidence of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, a familiar phenomenon in fluid dynamics.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

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

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 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

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

These instabilities and shadows did not darken the whole prospect, it may be that they intensified the pageant; London was, indeed, very wonderful that evening.

From Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley




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