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as in chaos
a state in which everything is out of order
the general disorder of the room after the guests finally left the party
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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
afflicted all her life with a nervous disorder
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
be careful not to disorder the carefully arranged contents of the dresser
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Recent Examples of disorder
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
But other than that, only delays, disorder and discontent have come from the project.
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Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
5 May 2026
When that authority tells a young person that their identity is disordered and must be changed, the harm isn’t just theoretical.
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A.j. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2026
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Noun
In fact, data from the platform helped the FOXG1 Research Foundation redirect its treatment endpoint from seizures to movement disorders.
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Kate Vitasek,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
But other than that, only delays, disorder and discontent have come from the project.
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Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Verb
A lot of the research on body image and media psychology has found that exposure time on social media very much correlates with body image issues and disordered eating tendencies.
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Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
5 May 2026
When that authority tells a young person that their identity is disordered and must be changed, the harm isn’t just theoretical.
—
A.j. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorder
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Summer uses a family trip to a Caribbean resort to cause chaos and sabotage the relationship.
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But lately, the chaos in the United States made the song seem regrettably apropos.
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The shipment includes emergency health kits for urgent medical care, including supplies for safe births, newborn care, disease prevention and treatment, according to the United Nations.
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The rabies vaccine, if administered immediately after exposure, is nearly 100% successful at preventing the disease, according to the World Health Organization.
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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The decision severely hampered local planning for America’s 250th anniversary, disrupting history projects, museums and educational programs nationwide.
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The beloved southern elephant seal, Neil the Seal, is back in Tasmania, causing havoc yet again and garnering fans through his antics.
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Those same issues have ships and planes on high alert in the Middle East, and the ongoing conflict across the region is causing havoc for civilian applications like ride-hailing and food delivery.
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If anyone shows signs of heat illness, promptly move them to a cool, shaded area.
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Despite some athletes reporting illness afterward, no clear link to the water was confirmed, and the century-long psychological barrier to bathing in the Seine was finally broken.
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That is important because a boxy robotaxi that can drive both ways may confuse pedestrians, cyclists or other drivers.
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One of the biggest mistakes students make is confusing a loan approval with an affordability recommendation.
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Flying straight from the merry Riverlands into the somber halls of Dragonstone is one hell of a comedown, but Daemon never struggles to access his dark side.
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Avery met his wife Sally Michael–a hell of an artist in her own right–in Cape Ann and the couple honeymooned there in 1926 before moving to New York and meeting Gottlieb and Rothko.
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The women wanted physicians who were disease preventers, and doctors who were attentive to the difficulties wrought by menopause, which have been increasingly found to leave women vulnerable to other ailments.
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Imaging this week showed Brown has a stress reaction in his neck, which was in the same spot as his 2024 ailment that ultimately had been diagnosed as an osteoma (benign bone tumor).
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“Disorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorder. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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