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an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered
the dispersal of plant seeds in the forests through natural means
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Recent Examples of dispersal
Police should give demonstrators clear instructions concerning the dispersal order before they are arrested or charged with any crime, according to ACLU.
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Hannah Hudnall, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
The formation and dispersal of clouds was the subject of Lamarck’s first remarks before the Royal Academy of Sciences.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
With concern growing for what could happen if the carp reach the Great Lakes, the Army Corps of Engineers began operating an electric dispersal barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in 2002, to prevent the fish from spreading into the channel and into the Great Lakes.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
In general, however, the law itself, as well as the difficulties of enforcing it in outlying districts, favored the settlers, and massacres, incursions, poisonings, and forced dispersals usually went unpunished.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
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Hannah Hudnall, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
The formation and dispersal of clouds was the subject of Lamarck’s first remarks before the Royal Academy of Sciences.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
With concern growing for what could happen if the carp reach the Great Lakes, the Army Corps of Engineers began operating an electric dispersal barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in 2002, to prevent the fish from spreading into the channel and into the Great Lakes.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
In general, however, the law itself, as well as the difficulties of enforcing it in outlying districts, favored the settlers, and massacres, incursions, poisonings, and forced dispersals usually went unpunished.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispersal
Noun
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As attention concentrates around AI, valuation dispersion has widened.—
Matt Witheiler,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Standard risk and exclusion zone guidelines for LNG sites generally extend far beyond 400 feet, precisely because in the event of a release, thermal radiation, vapor dispersion or flash fires could affect areas well outside facility boundaries.—
Joel McPherson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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To achieve this, the researchers used coherent scattering where nanoparticles were trapped in light intensity of 100 MW/cm2 and scattered it into an optical resonator.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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And more than 3,000 other places across the country, plus a scattering around the world.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Dispersal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispersal. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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