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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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Open, even if there appears to be a growing disconnect between sport and spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

It’s in keeping with the spring-through-summer obsession with other topics that blare a disconnect from average concerns, say a $400 million, 90,000-square-foot, gilded ballroom.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

However, the performance also showed Liverpool may need a defensive midfielder to plug the huge disconnect between the defence and midfield, especially on the counter attack.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

But it seems there has been a disconnect between what he believed was possible in a given timeframe and what Towriss expected.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Through Pickwick, for example, we met the man at the central telephone exchange whose department handled orders to connect and disconnect lines.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“This space is on fire despite stock price disconnects YTD for basically all of AI semis,” Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes wrote on Friday.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

Kill Switch Feature: This automatically disconnects your internet if the VPN connection drops, preventing your data from being exposed accidentally.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

Current and former employees say Vaughn needs to reignite morale and end disconnects with corporate executives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

But “a switch goes off in a narcissist’s brain that disconnects them emotionally from you.”

From Slate Jul. 23, 2025

When I don’t respond, he disconnects after a curt “Try to remember.”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Meanwhile, state-supported pre-K and child-care programs have burgeoned, completely disconnected from Head Start.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The dual timelines in the show, where we see the survivors as teenagers and adults, have felt disconnected at times, but let’s hope this season finally offers clarity.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

"I have been disconnected from the world for the last 24 hours because my energy has to be on the match, but I will get back on it now."

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

“It was the most disconnected from my body I had ever felt,” she said.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

But sitting in that garden, for the first time I was an alien, I was a sailor—landless and disconnected.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"I was bored sometimes, and that's okay," West recalled one recent evening at a city community garden where detox participants met to share their struggles and joys of disconnecting.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

"It's about taking yourself away from reality and disconnecting from advertising, marketing, social media, all those other things that we're surrounded with in life," she said.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

But the fear of missing out, or “FOMO,” that comes with disconnecting can be equally daunting, some say.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when electricity is in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

They came together and fell apart, connecting and disconnecting to form an infinite number of shapes.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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