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dispose

[dih-spohz] / dɪˈspoʊz /


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It has urged people to avoid disposable barbecues, dispose of smoking materials and put litter in the bin or take it home to avoid starting wildfires.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Jegede said if the leaves or fruit are too delicate to wash or ash is still visible, it would be best to dispose of the produce.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 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

“One of my heirs will have to dispose of it because I’m never selling it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Now, while she was listening for the doorbell, she made a final tour, pausing to dispose of a speck of lint or alter an arrangement of Christmas poinsettias.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Along the way, Mr. Pinsker disposes of some stubborn myths.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 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

St. Damien has scheduled her first pickup with Ridwell, a subscription service that picks up and disposes of hard-to-recycle trash.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2024

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

There is not one single reason vaccines are wasted and disposed of, but the WHO estimates this is the fate of half of all vaccines globally.

From BBC Aug. 5, 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

With much of Iran’s pre-war leadership dead, Washington is grappling with the possibility that the country’s new leaders may be even less disposed to compromise.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Therefore, one who becomes prince with the support of the common people must keep them well disposed.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Using a plastic bag to collect the soil and disposing of it in the garbage — not green yard waste bins — will help to reduce the spread of airborne chemicals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jul. 4, 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

The team is focused on what is known as “embodied carbon”—the emissions produced during the entire life cycle of construction, including manufacturing, transporting, installing and disposing of materials.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

He had no difficulty in disposing of the fallacy, and he was in no danger of succumbing to it.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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