dispersal

Example Sentences

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"This is largely because oil floats, so the dispersal of oil remains on the surface and doesn't really interact with corals except in the most shallow areas," Burt said.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

There were police officers present too in some places and they had at their disposal dispersal orders that would allow officers to order any young people gathered to leave a particular area.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Police Department issuing a dispersal order at about 6:30 p.m., according to City News Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

A second approach, inertial confinement, uses the plasma’s own inertia to slow its dispersal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Behind the glossaries of warning calls, alarms, mating messages, pronouncements of territory, calls for recruitment, and demands for dispersal, there is redundant, elegant sound that is unaccountable as part of the working day.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas