as in to pay
to hand over or use up in payment
the foundation disburses money to many worthy causes
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Recent Examples of disburse
Prize will be disbursed within a reasonable time after contest closing and prize winner acceptance, subject to coordination with the applicable prize providers and prize element providers.
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AJC.com, 8 June 2026
Staff added language to the loan agreement requiring Wakeland to demonstrate those concerns have been dealt with before any funds are disbursed.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
But if federal funds started to be disbursed, the rationale for claiming that Alligator Alcatraz was not a federal site would be undermined, and the environmental issue would resurface.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Existing borrowers with loans disbursed prior to July can use and keep it, but the plan will completely end by July 1, 2028.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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AJC.com, 8 June 2026
Staff added language to the loan agreement requiring Wakeland to demonstrate those concerns have been dealt with before any funds are disbursed.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
But if federal funds started to be disbursed, the rationale for claiming that Alligator Alcatraz was not a federal site would be undermined, and the environmental issue would resurface.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Existing borrowers with loans disbursed prior to July can use and keep it, but the plan will completely end by July 1, 2028.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disburse
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Bourzgui, whose father immigrated to America from Morocco, went on to pay tribute to Palestine and his own Arab heritage.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Already, attention must be paid, and italics must be used, because eyepatch Armand is, to use his favorite word, fascinating.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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But despite securing a conviction, investigators spent decades trying to determine the identity of the teenage victim.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Specifically, Hanold noted that $152 million spent by Permian equates to almost one quarter of drilling, based on this year's pace.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
7 June 2026
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Whitney Plantation hosts two permanent exhibits, one of which gives an overview about the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and another that focuses on the history of slavery in Louisiana.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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On June 3, police went to serve the warrants but the suspect did not follow commands given by police and barricaded himself inside a residence located in the area of Alum Rock Avenue and Dale Drive, authorities said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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“Disburse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disburse. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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