as in dispersed
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
the sudden downpour dispelled the throng of street revelers
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Recent Examples of dispelled
Doing business downtown has come with a level of uncertainty for the past six years, as the pandemic dispelled the usual foot traffic and downtown employers and workers negotiated hybrid work.
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Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Those changes came at full-back and in midfield, two areas of concern for this Brazil team that were not dispelled by the 1-1 draw against Morocco.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Any apprehensions about whether a first-time collaboration between Hartford’s two largest self-producing theaters — Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford — could gel smoothly enough to grasp all the nuances of this challenging work are dispelled immediately by the opening number.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
But even back in 2010, Mercola dispelled one popular misconception that vitamin K injections increased the risk of cancer.
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Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
12 June 2026
Uncertainty dispelled There was some doubt about whether board members would successfully agree to the terms of a contract after Jacobson was named superintendent on April 22.
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Hannah Brueske,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
Clark dispelled common misconceptions about the energy requirements of tech giants.
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La'tasha Givens,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Research has dispelled many concerns about laptops, while other risks appear to be more credible.
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Matt Fuchs,
Time,
20 May 2026
This quarter dispelled those concerns.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Those changes came at full-back and in midfield, two areas of concern for this Brazil team that were not dispelled by the 1-1 draw against Morocco.
—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Any apprehensions about whether a first-time collaboration between Hartford’s two largest self-producing theaters — Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford — could gel smoothly enough to grasp all the nuances of this challenging work are dispelled immediately by the opening number.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
But even back in 2010, Mercola dispelled one popular misconception that vitamin K injections increased the risk of cancer.
—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
12 June 2026
Uncertainty dispelled There was some doubt about whether board members would successfully agree to the terms of a contract after Jacobson was named superintendent on April 22.
—
Hannah Brueske,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
Clark dispelled common misconceptions about the energy requirements of tech giants.
—
La'tasha Givens,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Research has dispelled many concerns about laptops, while other risks appear to be more credible.
—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
20 May 2026
This quarter dispelled those concerns.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispelled
dispersed
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After October 7th, thousands were rounded up, bused to Ramallah, and dispersed across West Bank cities.
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This only works when authorization, validation, business rules and state-transition controls are enforced at the service boundary, instead of being dispersed across user interfaces or deferred to downstream systems.
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“Dispelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispelled. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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