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Recent Examples of dismantlement
The plant, located in the Town of Carlton, closed in 2013 and began major dismantlement in 2022.
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Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Edison notifies the public 48 hours before batch releases, which will continue through the plant’s dismantlement (slated to wrap up in 2028-ish).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Another 13 canisters are filled with material classified as greater than Class C waste, collected during the dismantlement efforts at SONGS.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Nevertheless, cybercrime should be reported to the FBI for intelligence gathering and to support efforts to disrupt ongoing operations, which can result in website takedowns, disruptions and dismantlement.
—Austin Berglas, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her company used selective demolition and structural dismantlement on the exterior, which focused on preserving any salvageable building materials.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
Latest gesture of conciliation The dismantlement of the loudspeakers, which is due to be completed by the end of this week, is the latest conciliatory gesture by the South.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
But 50% of the country didn’t vote for a government shutdown and the dismantlement of the government and services that people rely on.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 7 July 2023
Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Edison notifies the public 48 hours before batch releases, which will continue through the plant’s dismantlement (slated to wrap up in 2028-ish).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Another 13 canisters are filled with material classified as greater than Class C waste, collected during the dismantlement efforts at SONGS.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Nevertheless, cybercrime should be reported to the FBI for intelligence gathering and to support efforts to disrupt ongoing operations, which can result in website takedowns, disruptions and dismantlement.
—Austin Berglas, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her company used selective demolition and structural dismantlement on the exterior, which focused on preserving any salvageable building materials.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
Latest gesture of conciliation The dismantlement of the loudspeakers, which is due to be completed by the end of this week, is the latest conciliatory gesture by the South.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
But 50% of the country didn’t vote for a government shutdown and the dismantlement of the government and services that people rely on.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 7 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismantlement
Noun
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At the time, abolitionists committed to the eradication of slavery remained a small minority, and most Northerners belonged to either the Whig or Democratic parties.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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The eradication campaign required facilities that could produce 500 million sterile flies each week.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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During the execution of the warrant, police said K-9 Drogo alerted to the presence of narcotics in multiple areas of the residence.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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Florida carried out 19 executions in 2025, a modern-era record.—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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To be fair, the effacement of character is itself one of Leitch’s dramatic points.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
2 May 2024
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There are times in The Years when the betrayal and effacement of May compels Ernaux to say something similar.—
Tobi Haslett,
Harper's Magazine,
18 Sep. 2023
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The sport of wrestling, a national pastime in Iran, has been hit hard by the Iranian regime’s slaughter of protesters seeking to end 47 years of Islamist totalitarian rule in the country.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The animal rights activist saved two cows from slaughter, Liberty and Indigo, in 2020.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Such a disintegration seems implausible for this iteration of Spurs under Ho, a project that seems to have finally evolved from its mushy underbelly into a clear and steadfast vision.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Instead what followed was the slow disintegration of a championship core, an inability to reclimb the mountain and the slow, depressing slide into lamenting what could have been.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The teenager’s accounts were littered with references to white supremacy, antisemitism and violence, with a particular focus on past mass shootings, including the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
4 Feb. 2026
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The regime is resorting to massacres to suppress the unrest.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Outspoken is a deeply moving memoir told from Sima Samar’s perspective as a doctor, a human rights activist, a former Vice President, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and a survivor of numerous assassination attempts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been killed in an apparent assassination at his home in the city of Zintan in northwestern Libya, the head of his political team said on Tuesday.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty Images Cuba’s communist-run government is facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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The stars eventually go supernova, and their respective cores collapse to form black holes containing as much as 100 times the mass of the sun.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Dismantlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismantlement. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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