Example Sentences

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Among other drawbacks, she notes, “films have disintegrated because preservationists can’t digitize them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Had he accepted Britain's conditions for a postponement, his government would have disintegrated.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Even if that grand plan seemed to have disintegrated in June.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

Although still alive at maturity, the nucleus and other cell components of the sieve-tube cells have disintegrated.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Some polities may have disintegrated beneath the climatic assault, but Wari thrived.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann