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as in temperaments
one's characteristic attitude or mood
he has a cheerful disposition and is very rarely depressed
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as in inclinations
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a woman with a disposition to fuss about trivial matters
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as in removals
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
we'll have to find some means for the disposition of all of this junk
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as in sequences
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another
planned the disposition of events at her wedding with a precision that military commanders would envy
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as in agreements
an arrangement about action to be taken
all that remains is a disposition regarding the custody of the two children
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Recent Examples of dispositions
But white settlers found their stubborn dispositions too unruly for domestication and their big bodies too tempting a commodity.
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
The solstice will occur on March 20, bringing with it longer, warmer days, blooming flowers, and overall happier dispositions.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Despite deep-red voting records and conservative dispositions, many of these counties have few regrets about allowing towering wind turbines and lines of solar panels to dot bits of their countryside.
—Sophie Hartley, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
The title is a reflection of the brave women who work to solve the mystery—all while maintaining their classy and cordial dispositions.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
The Celtics pounded the paint with Neemias Queta and Luka Garza, a pair of bruising bigs who also can force the issue from 3-point range despite their lumbering dispositions.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
What unites these diverse examples is that skills are not traits or dispositions but learnable forms of know-how, visible in consistent performance and increasingly efficient execution over time.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
However, because the animals' natural habitats share some overlap and both have similarly docile dispositions, zoos often group howlers and capybaras together.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
The solstice will occur on March 20, bringing with it longer, warmer days, blooming flowers, and overall happier dispositions.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Despite deep-red voting records and conservative dispositions, many of these counties have few regrets about allowing towering wind turbines and lines of solar panels to dot bits of their countryside.
—Sophie Hartley, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
The title is a reflection of the brave women who work to solve the mystery—all while maintaining their classy and cordial dispositions.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
The Celtics pounded the paint with Neemias Queta and Luka Garza, a pair of bruising bigs who also can force the issue from 3-point range despite their lumbering dispositions.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
What unites these diverse examples is that skills are not traits or dispositions but learnable forms of know-how, visible in consistent performance and increasingly efficient execution over time.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
However, because the animals' natural habitats share some overlap and both have similarly docile dispositions, zoos often group howlers and capybaras together.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispositions
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Players of all kinds of temperaments, skill levels and game styles have done it, do it, and will do it in the future — and there are methods to the madness that takes over a tennis player in the throes of frustration.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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He was involved off and on with Joplin over the second half of the 1960s, two young hippies whose careers and temperaments drove them apart.—
Hillel Italie,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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This is the standard for ramp inclinations that are usable for most people, especially wheelchair users.—
K. Desbouis,
Artforum,
6 Feb. 2026
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Trump’s inclinations to make every race about him could foul this for the GOP.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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Beebe joins a growing list of public land advocates documenting the removals.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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What to check before the 2026 deadline The IRS says Form 843 is used to request refunds or removals of certain penalties or interest.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Jesa lands in the solid middle, its strongest sequences resonating with the complexities and specificities of first-generation heartache.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2026
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Cross-border electricity grids, LNG supply agreements, mineral partnerships, and technology standards are becoming instruments of diplomacy as much as economic policy.—
Derek Chollet,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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This resulted in the development of long-term agreements between broadcasters and producers in an effort to save costs and ensure greater stability, a situation that favored the bigger companies, which again increased their market share.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Parental food attitudes directly shape children’s long-term relationship with eating.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Veteran endorsements appear to have a small-to-negligible effect on voters, but may also negatively affect their attitudes about the military as an institution.—
Kori Schake,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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The music business’ macho and misogynistic tendencies had reached a peak in 1987.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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By layering indicators such as travel habits, purchase footprints, and neighborhood retail tendencies, Vado builds rooftop-level consumer profiles that may help advertisers identify areas with promising engagement patterns.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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In fact, plumbers don’t put much faith in disposals at all.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
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The department says of the 3,077 full inspections this year, 349 of them involved food disposals.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025
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“Dispositions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispositions. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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