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Recent Examples of disconnection
What No-Phone Retreats Mean for Travelers The shift signals that disconnection has become a luxury product.
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
Loneliness and disconnection are shaping mental health.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Americans call the sport soccer, the rest of the world calls it football, and therein lies the rub, the disconnection at the heart of the schizophrenic All-American life of Gilbert Chevalier.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
It may be linked, in part, to emotional disconnection from meaning or purpose.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Industry jargon that’s divorced from the way kids actually talk about books is more evidence of the disconnection between children and the people who make books for them.
—Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Connectivity has collapsed to roughly two percent of normal levels, leaving over 90 million people in near-total disconnection for more than 1,416 hours.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
Deep reservoirs of disconnection, the collapse of meaningful community, the gutting of third spaces, the absence of anywhere to simply be—these have been filled by forums and feeds that promise belonging while delivering competition.
—Fay Bound-Alberti, Time, 3 May 2026
But the human element came from seeing the singers’ total disconnection from the material.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
Loneliness and disconnection are shaping mental health.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Americans call the sport soccer, the rest of the world calls it football, and therein lies the rub, the disconnection at the heart of the schizophrenic All-American life of Gilbert Chevalier.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
It may be linked, in part, to emotional disconnection from meaning or purpose.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Industry jargon that’s divorced from the way kids actually talk about books is more evidence of the disconnection between children and the people who make books for them.
—Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Connectivity has collapsed to roughly two percent of normal levels, leaving over 90 million people in near-total disconnection for more than 1,416 hours.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
Deep reservoirs of disconnection, the collapse of meaningful community, the gutting of third spaces, the absence of anywhere to simply be—these have been filled by forums and feeds that promise belonging while delivering competition.
—Fay Bound-Alberti, Time, 3 May 2026
But the human element came from seeing the singers’ total disconnection from the material.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnection
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Hannah agrees and spends months avoiding Garrett on campus — despite Garrett finding her at every possible moment and questioning her about the breakup.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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In even fewer cases, a couple of months after the breakup during the joint bachelor and bachelorette party, the groom-to-be is spotted out at a professional bull riding event with one of his ex's would-be bridesmaids.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Hersheypark could face disruptions ahead of its busy summer season as union maintenance workers weigh whether to authorize a strike.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Any disruption to the strait would force vessels on costly dayslong detours.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
16 May 2026
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The researchers found that the cities’ chemical microenvironments increase calcite dissolution.—
Damien Pine,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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McMahon's first words to the committee, after the usual thank-you's, were a flag-planting for the department's forceful dissolution.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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Slow starts, Karl-Anthony Towns’ inconsistent offensive involvement and disjointedness on both ends of the floor have been pain points for this Knicks team all season under new head coach Mike Brown.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The first major split occurred when lawmakers passed an emergency bill, Senate Bill 298, on a largely party line vote in late February.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Multiple sources later confirmed their split to PEOPLE in January 2025, though they were spotted together on several occasions in the months to follow.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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The administration has signaled that proposals from Tehran have gotten incrementally better as the negotiations have dragged on, but that disorganization of leadership has complicated the process.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
1 May 2026
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A lot of the case seemed to come down to disorganization and messy paperwork.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The group, formed in 1970 to oppose Vatican II modernizations, has quietly become a parallel church operating globally with 733 priests, 264 seminarians and 50 nationalities despite decades of schism.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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At a time when the regime is desperate to project a united front against the US and Israel, discontent over who can do what online is creating a very public schism across a swathe of Iranian society.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimates that about 30 percent of people experiencing chronic homelessness live with a serious mental illness, and nearly half have a co-occurring substance use disorder.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Chronic circadian misalignment is associated with a 30-40% higher risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, depression and anxiety.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2026
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“Disconnection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnection. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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