disconnection

Example Sentences

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The present crisis, he believes, is attributable to “the disconnection between America’s vast, innovative private sector and its walled-off, small defense sector.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Back then, nobody could conceive of humankind being connected by machines that also facilitated our disconnection from each other.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The "total disconnection" of the national electricity system was due to an outage in a power unit at one of the country's thermoelectric plants, causing a "cascading effect", the state-owned Cuban Electric Union said.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

“Sentimental Value’s” scenes of bittersweet family disconnection are well done, but I kept feeling like the movie really wanted to be a chippy satire about the movie business.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Shanti had the idea that she should be comforted by this comment and this smile, but she wasn’t, and the disconnection troubled her.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray