scattered
Example Sentences
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The material was scattered throughout the residential area surrounding the school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere is scattered, with shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reach the Moon.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In dusty streets teeming with men in camouflage and scattered with wrecked military vehicles she scours for scenes of normality to post on the city social media pages.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“If they’ve got $200,000 scattered in 20 different accounts, that’s different than $1 million in one IRA,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
He ate the seed from the grass he’d worked with; it was scattered all around him.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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