How to Use dissolution in a Sentence

dissolution

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  • The treatment is used for the dissolution of kidney stones.
  • The new sublime is to be found in the dissolution of our selves.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • The dissolution of the partnership with LendLease doesn’t mean this project is dead in the long term.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • In the event that the union ends, couples are required to file for a dissolution of the union in a place that allows them.
    — Jorie Goins, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2021
  • Then came the dissolution of the Southwest Conference, casting the league’s have-nots to the wind.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The play gets derailed, and the dissolution of the group raises even more questions.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The spilling of the tea propelled the dissolution of the bonds between Britain and her colonies, and led to seven years of destructive war.
    — The Editors, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
  • With the dissolution of the merger, Adobe was forced to pay Figma a $1 billion breakup fee.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 26 June 2024
  • These unique books ask you to engage with the senses rather than the mind, and their aim is to bring about the momentary dissolution of the self.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
  • That will be altered given the dissolution of the Pac-12 as a Power Five league.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The arrangement harks back at the time that Norway and Sweden were part of a union, and the latter’s dissolution in 1905.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The conflict dates back to 1988, flaring up with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
    — Thomas Mutch, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2021
  • In general, the dissolution of that network—the melting of the cheese—plays out in stages as the cheese is heated, Sharma says.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In The Half Pearl’s focus is less on dissolution than rebirth.
    — Clayton Purdom, Chron, 6 Feb. 2023
  • For critics, however, the convoy is a symbol of the dissolution of the Lebanese state.
    — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Iranians from all walks of life are now turning the tables with their calls for the dissolution of Khamenei’s regime.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2022
  • As part of the dissolution, each pledged to donate $15 billion to the foundation.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 July 2022
  • The ongoing state-on-state clashes were one of many factors that contributed to the dissolution of the Union and the Civil War.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The island’s bedrock is prone to dissolution by the sea and water table, Fader says.
    — Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021
  • There’s no insight into what the cause of the dissolution is as of yet, but the filing certainly comes as a surprise to fans of the couple.
    — Essence, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The judge already ruled the Trumps are liable for fraud and ordered the dissolution of some of their business entities.
    — Erik Larson, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In the wake of Destiny’s Child’s dissolution in 2005, the aftermath took a distinct turn for Roberson.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 9 Jan. 2024
  • If the pack continues to prey on livestock, Broman said, the state could authorize the killing of the breeding pair, which would likely lead to the dissolution of the pack.
    — oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The unit was formed in 2022 following the dissolution of the citywide plainclothes anti-crime units.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This time around, Trudeau would prorogue parliament in hopes the height of the latest scandal would pass and give the party enough time to avoid dissolution.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Houses get shared, and that kind of dissolution is amazing.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That steady dissolution of body into form that signals the progress of a masterpiece.
    — Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The letter gave two options for the future of the company: a dissolution or a buyout.
    — Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Sadr and his allies have called for the dissolution of parliament and fresh elections.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This searing manual deconstructs the subgenre and the process that goes into contributing to it, bringing the study thereof into a whole new era of experimentation and boundary dissolution.
    — Tyler Thier, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2024

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