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
The consolidation aims to centralize disbursing authority within the Treasury by reducing non-treasury disbursing offices, which were responsible for 181 million payments totaling over $1.5 trillion in fiscal 2024.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2025
The Human Trafficking Commission struggled to disburse the funds in a timely manner, according to its former grants administrator.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
Follow the money: The agency disbursed $12.5 million in fiscal year 2024 to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, which supports public and school libraries and provides reading services for people with disabilities.
That makes up a third of the state agency's total budget.
—Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
That $14 million includes approximately $9 million overseen by the state Department of Education, which then disburses funds to support various local programs.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2025
The Human Trafficking Commission struggled to disburse the funds in a timely manner, according to its former grants administrator.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
Follow the money: The agency disbursed $12.5 million in fiscal year 2024 to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, which supports public and school libraries and provides reading services for people with disabilities.
That makes up a third of the state agency's total budget.
—Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
That $14 million includes approximately $9 million overseen by the state Department of Education, which then disburses funds to support various local programs.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disburse
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In the next bracket up, 24%, most couples are also paying a 3.8% investment tax, for a combined federal rate of 27.8%.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Lionel Messi, who met the pope in 2013, paid tribute to on the social network X, posting a picture of the pope accepting an olive tree from him.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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At Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day in class, guided by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tutor.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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And four years later, their collection of groups spent $42 million to unsuccessfully keep Trump from becoming the nominee for a third time.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Haack has also moved on with boyfriend Christopher Larocca, CEO and president of Network Connex, and has been giving her followers a look at their relationship on social media.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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While disruptive to e-commerce, the end of de minimis treatment of Chinese goods could give a boost to retailers less reliant on e-commerce or on Chinese manufacturing.—
Helen Reid,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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“Disburse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disburse. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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