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Recent Examples of dissociation
Lots of hip-hop tracks are meant to evoke the woozy dissociation of opioid use, but this one evokes, instead, the not-quite-pleasurable derangement of disappearing down a social-media rabbit hole.
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
This pulse can trigger a process known as electromagnetic dissociation, in which a photon interacts with a nucleus, inducing internal oscillations that eject neutrons and photons.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
This had precipitated a frightening period of paralysis and dissociation, during which Murata fluctuated between suicidal and homicidal thoughts.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
They also were tested for more cognitive motor dissociation.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
This pulse can trigger a process known as electromagnetic dissociation, in which a photon interacts with a nucleus, inducing internal oscillations that eject neutrons and photons.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
This had precipitated a frightening period of paralysis and dissociation, during which Murata fluctuated between suicidal and homicidal thoughts.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
They also were tested for more cognitive motor dissociation.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissociation
Noun
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The band's dissolution was hastened by Stone's drug abuse, which led to a pattern of ghosting his own shows.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Rapid dissolution can introduce too much of the drug too quickly, experts said, potentially causing tremors, headaches and kidney failure.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
23 June 2025
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The two began dating and, after a brief breakup in May 2013, they got engaged in July of that year and then married one year later.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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After his high-profile breakup from Katy Perry, there are rumors that another A-list actress is trying to woo him.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
19 July 2025
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“Dissociation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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