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[dis-band] / dɪsˈbænd /


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The couple formed part of a 99-strong group of guerrillas who struck a deal with outgoing President Gustavo Petro to disband two months ago.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Rather than disband the Vermont Rainbow Coalition after the 1984 primary, they kept the group going, endorsing candidates in campaigns for the legislature and statewide office in each of the next three election cycles.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

In 1949, Down Beat magazine, long a champion, even urged him to disband.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

It was the inner circle, a cabal I’d tried to disband for more than a decade.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

If we lose, my teammates will disband for the season, and it’ll be that much harder to follow Ren around.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Before the mayor disbands the SRG, I would urge him to check the facts.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

It disbands a myriad of existing working groups and replaces them with a centralized system.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

The nine-member task force officially disbands Friday, but Democrat state Sen. Steven Bradford told the audience that the “final report is not the end of the work. It is really just the beginning.”

From Washington Times Jun. 29, 2023

But with little time left before Congress disbands for the year, it is unclear whether lawmakers will take any further steps to bring Rosenstein back for an interview.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2018

It arms, disarms, raises and disbands Officers and Soldiers, without being accomptable to the State.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

In yet another sign that the company is tightening its focus on commercial AI applications, Google disbanded its AlphaFold research team in July.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Since the group disbanded in 1987, he has become a serial collaborator, working with everyone from The Pretenders and Talking Heads to Bryan Ferry, Oasis, Blondie, Beck, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay based on an original story by Spielberg, referenced real-life congressional testimony and reports from Project Blue Book, an Air Force program which investigated UFOs that was disbanded in 1969.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Pandemic Horde suffered such a staggering defeat that the group ultimately disbanded.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

“Since the Indianapolis experiment was disbanded, which was about eight years ago. I could have integrated into the greater population, outside the experiments, but that felt too overwhelming.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Before disbanding in 1991, it was the only such alliance in history whose members invaded each other.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

He dramatically curbed the powers of the religious establishment, disbanding the Islamic police and ending the funding for ultra-conservative proselytization overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2025

The administration has also expressed interest in disbanding FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as early as this fall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2025

That when he goes home, he won’t have to constantly freak out about his squad disbanding.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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