unstable
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Last week, the school issued a more-than-200-page internal report confronting what it called an unprecedented crisis in higher education, thanks to unstable federal funding, falling public trust and the rise of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
One longstanding ecological puzzle is that older mathematical models predicted large, complicated ecosystems should be inherently unstable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Grace Soens, who plays June, Marisol’s confederate at work, and Jack Sharpe, who takes on the role of Lenny, June’s mentally disturbed brother, expand this unstable world, where it’s hard to know who to trust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
With the slope so unstable, there was a risk of falling rocks and further avalanches.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Colonel Cathcart lived by his wits in an unstable, arithmetical world of black eyes and feathers in his cap, of overwhelming imaginary triumphs and catastrophic imaginary defeats.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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