disability

noun

Definition of disabilitynext
as in injury
a condition that interferes with someone's ability to engage in certain tasks The group provides one-on-one mentorship to students with various disabilities. The disability caused by the car crash prevented him from working.

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Recent Examples of disability Give families real voice and choice while ensuring every student, including students with disabilities, has access to an excellent school. — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Not eligible are roughly 35 million Medicare Advantage enrollees, millions of people with disabilities who get premium assistance and low-income Medicare recipients. — Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Should Congress combine retirement and disability funds—which isn’t allowed under current law and would take an act of Congress—that would only last until the third quarter of 2034, when benefits would be cut 17%. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Nor will 12 million low-income older adults and people with disabilities who get premium assistance. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disability
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  1. injury
  2. disablement
  3. impairment
  4. damage
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  • How Doctors Diagnose and Treat It Health care providers use the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to classify trypanophobia as a specific phobia of the blood-injection-injury type.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But with nearly half of the roster sidelined because of injuries or resting, Adou Thiero at least tried to inject some life into a sleepy preseason back-to-back.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of injury
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  • These can cause severe scarring or disablement and may lead to amputations.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Playing Arnie, the younger brother to Gilbert (Johnny Depp), DiCaprio doesn’t permit his character to be a simple, adorable variation on disablement.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Definition of disablement
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  • Police said in a social media post that officers contacted the man at the scene and observed signs of possible impairment from a central nervous system stimulant.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Accessibility for those with mobility impairments Two of the villas—one Dune One-Bedroom Pool Villa and one Dune Two-Bedroom Pool Villa—are wheelchair accessible.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of impairment
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  • The region's head said earlier Friday that there had been an attack on the town, but that there had been no damage.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee for governor, criticized Pritzker for taking too long to respond to the storms, which did considerable damage to several areas, including the southern suburbs.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of damage

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“Disability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disability. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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