disburses

present tense third-person singular of disburse

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Recent Examples of disburses About 8% of Wisconsin school funding comes from federal sources, according to the DPI, which disburses funds to districts. Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025 Once federal student aid is approved, the Department of Education disburses the money to the school, which deducts the tuition costs and forwards the remaining balance to the student to cover living expenses. John Wisely, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disburses
Verb
  • The collection also pays tribute to the Belgian designer’s work for Y/Project, with various pieces in the collection—from boots through to prints—nodding to key archival designs.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The general fund also pays for parks, trash pickup, public works, code enforcement, and the county’s administrators and management staff, according to budget documents.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vaccarello, who was born and raised in Belgium to Sicilian parents, spends a month in Los Angeles twice each year, usually in March and November, a recuperation from the semiannual exertions of the women’s collection.
    Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
  • According to the real-estate search engine StreetEasy, a property in Park Slope spends a median of seventy-eight days on the market.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • According to Mooney, the solution came in the form of a loan that gives the lender the guarantee of all of Westward’s assets.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
  • When life gives you lemons Aries, make lemonade.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Disburses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disburses. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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