scatteration
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Origin of scatteration
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Above all, Rockefeller's Oregon win increased what has been called the "scatteration" of strength in the Republican presidential picture.
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As SEC announced it would do last July, it set about breaking up this "scatteration" of utility holdings in the first exercise of its most bitterly attacked utility duty.
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A Humphrey regime would probably be frenetic in its scatteration of ideas—and of money, too, if Humphrey's admitted "looking at the stars" is to be reduced to practical programs.
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If such concentration of energy is necessary for the success of a Gladstone, what can we common mortals hope to accomplish by "scatteration"?
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
San Francisco streets ran to chuck holes and ruts in those days, and the vehicle lurched and banged with a grand rattle and scatteration of tins and measures.
From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White
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