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But if data disintegrates, he said, he would vote in favor of a cut.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

He adds that if we sacrifice that commitment for A.I., “you’d get to a point pretty fast where it just disintegrates and becomes the ugliest definition of the word product.”

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2024

Astronomers estimate that the Horsehead has about five million years left before it too disintegrates.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024

In a warming atmosphere, the number of glaciers can decrease because they vanish — but it can also increase because a larger glacier disintegrates into several smaller ice patches, Zemp said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Inside, it disintegrates and gives rise to a wormlike creature, which then develops into the new Phoenix, ready for the next five hundred years.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas