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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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The DWP then came in to disconnect the system on the customer side of the meter, spokesperson Riana Basuel wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The team also found that the disconnect between photosynthesis and growth became even stronger during years when local weather swung between unusually wet and unusually dry conditions.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

After its dramatic plunge, silver may be experiencing a huge disconnect between its traded value and its importance as a critical material.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

There was a disconnect between what the children and their parents want in terms of careers and what their schools can offer them, she said.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

It wasn’t that I hadn’t been able to see them from the master’s place, but I’d felt a disconnect there from everything, including the beauty of the natural world that was all around me.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“This space is on fire despite stock price disconnects YTD for basically all of AI semis,” Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes wrote on Friday.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

The GDP report itself contains some troubling disconnects: Americans’ disposable personal income remained flat after inflation, despite their robust spending.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 24, 2025

But “a switch goes off in a narcissist’s brain that disconnects them emotionally from you.”

From Slate Jul. 23, 2025

“There are so many disconnects and a lack of accountability for really protecting the lives of Indigenous and Black people in this state,” Kebec said.

From Salon Oct. 5, 2024

He disconnects everything that will disconnect; he lays its parts out on the floor and holds them one by one to the light.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The framework, created by researchers at Heidelberg University's Institute for Theoretical Physics, explains how quasiparticles emerge and links two previously disconnected quantum states.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Not disconnected from the action it is trying to officiate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

In tech, Epstein’s ties actually bridged two previously disconnected clusters of firms, joining Microsoft, Apple, Cisco and IBM into a single connected network.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

“You Must Be Here for the Reading” uses tarot as a means to bring some structure to our often disconnected lives.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

The notion that all of these reforms can be accomplished piecemeal—one at a time, through disconnected advocacy strategies—seems deeply misguided.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

A section of the River Kemp, in south Shropshire, had been straightened by landowners in the 1800s, disconnecting it from its natural floodplain and reducing biodiversity.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

"I was bored sometimes, and that's okay," West recalled one recent evening at a city community garden where detox participants met to share their struggles and joys of disconnecting.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

Nor does it reckon with data on straight men’s growing acceptance of homosexuality or the role of technology in connecting and disconnecting people, or evidence of declining associational activities in general.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

But the fear of missing out, or “FOMO,” that comes with disconnecting can be equally daunting, some say.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

While I’m old enough to know Carl’s disappearance had nothing to do with my mom leaving, there’s no disconnecting the two in my mind.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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