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dispose

[dih-spohz] / dɪˈspoʊz /


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“The focus during the results will be the signing of the already announced plans to dispose of the ContiTech division as well as the potential distribution of the proceeds in FY26.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Passing the bill would also start to relieve a logjam of legislation that Congress is seeking to dispose of before its August recess and the November midterm elections.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

"I'm aware the vast majority of farmers dispose of fallen livestock responsibly and many share my disgust, but this is wrong and we need to see people apprehended for it", he said.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

This system helps cells correctly build, maintain, and dispose of proteins.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

The implications that I could so readily dispose of Peeta, that I’m in love with Gale, that the whole thing has been an act.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

A senior administration official Sunday detailed a three-part framework in which Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and disposes of its enriched uranium while the U.S. unwinds its blockade in Iranian ports.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

Do they think there is some sort of pickup service that comes along and disposes of their carefully collected excrement?

From Seattle Times May 3, 2024

La Mariana said in addition to waste and recycling material, it takes electronic waste and disposes of it for free for residents.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2023

Equally important, there’s no way to ignore the spectacularly difficult institutional hurdles of how society manages and disposes of its nuclear waste.

From Scientific American Oct. 18, 2023

Collectively, the Party owns everything in Oceania, because it controls everything and disposes of the products as it thinks fit.

From "1984" by George Orwell

"At present, there's somewhere in the region of 125,000 tonnes of blades across the world getting disposed of by one means or another, but very rarely is it done in a sustainable way."

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

According to the lawsuit, agricultural research companies that previously occupied the property generated hazardous waste that wasn’t properly disposed of.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Conventional desalination produces liquid brine that must be treated, disposed of, or discharged into the environment.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

The same day, she acquired 76,705 shares through the vesting of performance-based stock units and disposed of 29,855 shares specifically to cover tax liabilities.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

They had lowered the portcullis, to keep the village boys out, and they were disposed to treat the fugitive with kindness.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Properly collecting and disposing of spent fireworks could help reduce these environmental effects.

From Science Daily Jul. 4, 2026

The urgency in disposing of the body was because the whale was now sitting on a popular beach, according to Abildstrøm.

From BBC May 31, 2026

It makes much of its money on water that those companies need to use in their operations, and by recycling and disposing of that water.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

I felt that if I sold or threw them away I was disposing of my mother and her mother, and their significance in my life.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

As a way of disposing of them easily and agreeably she declared that she would marry whoever could beat her in a foot race, knowing well that there was no such man alive.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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