dismemberments

Definition of dismembermentsnext
plural of dismemberment

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • According to the city’s ordinances, streets in subdivisions have to be extended for other subdivision development.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco has made a career of rescuing history from the cleavages of memory.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Intelligence agencies in the United States and other Western countries closely follow these cleavages, of course, and can sometimes recruit the disaffected or the ambitious to provide insider information.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • During their five bouts against each other, Lloyd produced 33 total tackles, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
    Mike Kaye March 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The redshirt junior registered 13 tackles over just four games, which included three tackles for loss, a sack and two pass breakups.
    Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Are these all mathematically proper bifurcations?
    Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance.
    Séamas O'Reilly, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many polls show dramatic splits in sentiment based on political leanings, but not this one.
    Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Evan Carter will not start on opening day, replaced in the lineup by Sam Haggerty, who has tremendous splits against lefties.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The footage showed tubes with ruptures and other damaged structures that used to be inside the pressure vessel, which originally was enclosed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • If a fatty deposit ruptures, a clot can quickly form and block blood flow—an event often linked to risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The drama that sometimes follows their dissolutions speaks to a broader uncertainty in the air about how gay couples should be.
    Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
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“Dismemberments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismemberments. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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