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instability

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


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“There’s just kind of a sense of instability and a little bit of ‘here we go again,’” she said.

From Los Angeles Times 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

It is not difficult to imagine plausible causes for Waterman’s instability.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Those conditions could provide exactly what is needed for Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities to form.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

These instabilities have been a major obstacle to improving fusion performance.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 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

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

When they possess a fixed staff of teachers they are not, of course, liable to the instabilities which at present beset the Harvard Annex.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer




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