dispersal
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Local media reports the dispersal of the motorcade soon afterward, while the driver of the middle vehicle -- usually transporting the politician -- rolls down the window and shows that no one is on board.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The researchers suggest that this unusual evolutionary strategy would be advantageous only in environments where the benefits of greater spore dispersal outweigh the resources needed for growth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
The St Enoch Centre is located inside the Glasgow city centre dispersal zone which was established in March as part of a crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
He wants the UK government to pause its asylum dispersal scheme to allow the city "to be able to refocus itself".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Other variation, such as that in seed dispersal mechanisms or seed dormancy, would have gone unrecognized by humans before the rise of modern botany.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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