as in paying
to hand over or use up in payment
the foundation disburses money to many worthy causes
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Recent Examples of disbursing
After disbursing some of the proceeds to half siblings, the twins each walked away with $700,000.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
So Joe met with the doctors every day and took charge of disbursing Paul’s medical information to our big, grieving family.
—Christina Kovac, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Hassett said that disbursing these checks would require legislation.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Past presidential administrations have continued disbursing funds for SNAP during prior government shutdowns.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Various agencies including the State Department have also paused disbursing funding for critical services for other refugees, such as the home, job and school assistance the Afrikaners are poised to receive.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
The treasury would be responsible for disbursing the money collected to water providers in the same region it was collected in.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Energy Foundation China, the nonprofit group mentioned by Lucci, is one such major funder of domestic environmental nonprofit organizations, disbursing tens of millions of dollars each year to support American activists while operating under the oversight of the CCP.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation will likely begin disbursing gifts from the Beverly Seeman Kinney Fund in about a year, family members said.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2025
Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
So Joe met with the doctors every day and took charge of disbursing Paul’s medical information to our big, grieving family.
—Christina Kovac, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Hassett said that disbursing these checks would require legislation.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Past presidential administrations have continued disbursing funds for SNAP during prior government shutdowns.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Various agencies including the State Department have also paused disbursing funding for critical services for other refugees, such as the home, job and school assistance the Afrikaners are poised to receive.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
The treasury would be responsible for disbursing the money collected to water providers in the same region it was collected in.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Energy Foundation China, the nonprofit group mentioned by Lucci, is one such major funder of domestic environmental nonprofit organizations, disbursing tens of millions of dollars each year to support American activists while operating under the oversight of the CCP.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation will likely begin disbursing gifts from the Beverly Seeman Kinney Fund in about a year, family members said.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbursing
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Jonathan Russell, the county’s director of Housing and Homelessness Services department, said his office has started paying out about $93 million that the board has committed to homeless service providers through the next five years.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The emergency assistance program, run by The Salvation Army, helps residential customers who are behind on paying their Nicor Gas bill and experiencing financial hardship because of military deployment, job loss, illness, a disability or other issues.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Massive billionaire funding in the race from artificial intelligence interests operated largely outside public awareness, with super PACs spending enormous sums while deliberately avoiding transparency about their true policy priorities, particularly regarding AI regulation[1].—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Bank of America data also shows spending growth on fitness activities, such as gyms and golf, is much stronger for Millennials, and especially Gen Zers.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Occupational giving statistics more or less tracked with the postelection analysis of pundits.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Islamabad blames Pakistani Taliban militants for much of that violence – and accuses Kabul of giving them shelter on its territory.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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