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disarray

[dis-uh-rey] / ˌdɪs əˈreɪ /


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The National Collegiate Athletic Association presents the Protect College Sports Act as a solution to a host of problems: disarray in college football, conference realignment and name-image-and-likeness payments to college athletes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Their journey from beginning to end has been a beautiful and often challenging exercise of building stability in chaos and out of disarray.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

The agreement -- aimed at preventing a repeat of the international disarray in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic -- cannot enter into force until the annex is finalised.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Or at least, in less of a disarray than their opponents?

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

It was a whole new idea to her that people could live in such disarray, but at the same time she was charmed.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

Broadcasting from the station’s small Brooklyn storefront, director Ricot Dupuy has fielded calls suggesting dark theories about the assassins or sharing fears for a motherland becoming further disarrayed.

From Reuters Jul. 9, 2021

She jabbed her chin at the disarrayed skeletons.

From Nature Jul. 31, 2013

Mr. Arpino, 60, was standing in the disarrayed showroom of Rootstein Display Mannequins in Chelsea, where he is the creative director.

From New York Times Dec. 12, 2012

At the end of an hour and a half Governor La Follette's hair was in his eyes, his coat disarrayed, but his Madison audience was still very much with him.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was half-empty and the clothes were disarrayed and tumbled.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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