dispersed

past tense of disperse
1
as in dissipated
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole the crowd dispersed once the show ended

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as in disbanded
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization the campaign staff dispersed almost immediately after the election

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Recent Examples of dispersed When air is stagnant, pollutants don't get dispersed, allowing ozone to build up to unhealthy levels. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Someone used pepper spray during the fight and everyone dispersed, police said. Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025 The crowd dispersed after tear gas was deployed, video showed. Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 The tribe was dispersed, with most members moved to Oklahoma. Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025 On Agatha All Along, Joe Locke (Heartstopper) portrayed older Billy Maximoff, whose spirit was transferred to the body of teenager Billy Kaplan after Wanda's hex hijinks dispersed. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025 Five bedrooms are dispersed across the upper level, including the sprawling primary suite. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025 With the dollars dispersed, Brewer isn’t sure where funding like that could come from again. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025 Economist Pierre Azoulay and colleagues recently imagined an alternative history where NIH was 40% smaller and dispersed less money – a budget akin to current federal proposals. Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Priscilla dissipated Friday to the west of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Chargers The fun that rookie QB Jaxson Dart brought in an upset win in Week 4 quickly dissipated with his three turnovers (two interceptions, one fumble) on Sunday, and the running game was stuck in the mud.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Driftwood tent shelters appear marooned like shipwrecks, and the beach is scattered with the bones of the giant whales.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The job reductions are scattered throughout NBC News.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • The group disbanded in 2013 following Watkins’ arrest.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Watkins served as the frontman of the Lostprophets rock band, which formed in 1997 and disbanded following his arrest in 2012.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • To the thousands of Syrians who lost loved ones, or were tortured, imprisoned or displaced by the Assad regime, their homeland had become a crime scene from which the top suspects disappeared en masse.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Weary from the public fixation on his body, which threatened to overshadow the music itself, D’Angelo disappeared into years of grief and addiction, popping up for the occasional feature, though remaining very much in the bunker.
    Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Add the sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And so a promising 13-9 halftime lead and then a 27-26 lead with less than a minute left dissolved into a 29-27 home loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, sending Miami’s season record crashing to 1-5.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • Still, the Epstein saga might have gradually faded from the national consciousness, even in spite of the widespread, unfounded belief that his 2019 suicide in a jail cell while awaiting trial was in fact a murder carried out to prevent him from implicating associates in his crimes.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Instantly, her apartment faded away, to be replaced by a dark void.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025

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