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[dis-band] / dɪsˈbænd /


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Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 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

Coveting the directorship as a way to build his own bureaucratic empire, Hoover concealed from Stone the extent of his role in domestic surveillance operations and promised to disband the intelligence division.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Such a rebuild may include the promotion of some of the club's best academy players, who stand to benefit if the first-team squad disbands.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

If the commission disbands, another intermediary will have to replace it.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2020

He burns his fort and disbands his men.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

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

Tegna disbanded, its shareholders were paid and top Tegna executives exited.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

It wasn’t until 1989, in fact, that the Indianapolis Clowns officially disbanded, having outlasted the Negro Leagues themselves by several decades.

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

In the months that followed, she returned to the temperance organizations that she had helped to organize just a few years before, but she found that many of the groups had disbanded.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Discovery is expected to close Tuesday, disbanding Warner’s corporate structure and retiring Warner investors at $31.17 a share.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mr. Mamdani may have been gratuitous in firing and disbanding the advisory board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Although the 2016 peace deal led to the disbanding of large parts of Farc, other armed groups have moved in to fill the vacuum, and often control trafficking routes and the local economies.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025

Chief Buthelezi called for the abolition of the Record of Understanding, the ending of CODESA, and the disbanding of Umkhonto we Sizwe.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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