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instability

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


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Second, the work of both Messrs. Hall and Woodford shows how government policy, especially monetary policy, has at times erred and caused instability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Scientists have long investigated the possibility of thermal "runaway" instability.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

It also often leads to housing instability, academic withdrawal, and family dissolution.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

"The coastline flanking the sea arch has shown signs of instability for years," NPS, which warned in 2021 that the arch would eventually crumble, said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

How Barack and I comported ourselves in the face of instability mattered.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“We now have shocks that unleash endogenous instabilities that trigger new shocks,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

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

When we were unable to contact Standskill, we sought to contact you psionically last night, but found that your mind was a completely unreadable jumble of nightmares, filled with phobias and instabilities.

From The Psilent Partner by John Victor Peterson


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