as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
the boy's room is in such chaos that it looks as though a tornado had struck
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Recent Examples of chaos
The pure-hearted chaos of the early seasons now threatens to be leeched by influencers and microcelebrities hunting for brand partnerships and appearances on a variety of spinoff dating shows.
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Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Night game, Nashville style There’s chaos, and then there’s a Friday night in Nashville.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The chaos-creating characters from Illumination Entertainment rarely enter the awards conversation, and there is little appetite to treat them as anything more than disposable entertainment.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Many expect stories filled with constant danger and chaos.
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Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for chaos
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Night game, Nashville style There’s chaos, and then there’s a Friday night in Nashville.
—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The chaos-creating characters from Illumination Entertainment rarely enter the awards conversation, and there is little appetite to treat them as anything more than disposable entertainment.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Many expect stories filled with constant danger and chaos.
—
Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaos
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The beloved southern elephant seal, Neil the Seal, is back in Tasmania, causing havoc yet again and garnering fans through his antics.
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Those same issues have ships and planes on high alert in the Middle East, and the ongoing conflict across the region is causing havoc for civilian applications like ride-hailing and food delivery.
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The reason can be explained by a Japanese proverb about the importance of leaving no mess.
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Clean high-traffic areas or rooms where pets and kids tend to cause messes more frequently.
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer in your 11th House of Friends and Community, bringing old invitations, group-chat confusion, or unclear expectations back into focus.
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In it, the author described a culture of confusion, stress, and incompetence, as contractors competed for work to be completed under near-impossible deadlines.
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Flying straight from the merry Riverlands into the somber halls of Dragonstone is one hell of a comedown, but Daemon never struggles to access his dark side.
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Avery met his wife Sally Michael–a hell of an artist in her own right–in Cape Ann and the couple honeymooned there in 1926 before moving to New York and meeting Gottlieb and Rothko.
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Ailani Troncoso, now 4, was born with Alagille syndrome and struggled daily with the effects of the rare genetic disorder, according to CBS News.
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Additionally, those who ditched cigarettes for vapes had a 7% higher risk of developing refractive and accommodation disorders, which affect the eye's ability to focus clearly.
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“Chaos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaos. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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