unmoor
Example Sentences
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After the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, regulators’ investigations into Wall Street analysts revealed an industry culture of unbridled optimism, unmoored by facts.
From Barron's
“This guy is not mad, he’s very intentional, but he’s unmoored and he’s unhinged,” Newsom said.
In my mid-twenties, during my first week at a new remote job, I felt both giddy and strangely unmoored — delighted to have shed my commute, unsettled by the sudden absence of physical colleagues.
From Salon
She may feel unmoored, and believe he was her one true supporter.
From MarketWatch
To critics, the Fed’s latest moves highlight the risks of data dependence, or a flexible, judgment-based approach that they say can leave the central bank unmoored when data are scarce or unclear.
From Barron's
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