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as in removal
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
trash disposal is on Wednesday in our neighborhood
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as in sequence
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another
the disposal of troops along the ridge
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Recent Examples of disposal
In his third season as starter, Maiava won’t have the benefit of one of college football’s best pass-catching pairs at his disposal.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The team has already finished the first 180 feet (55 meters) of drilling at the Mont Terri underground rock laboratory in Switzerland, a facility that has hosted nuclear waste disposal experiments for three decades.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
With a slew of direct-to-consumer companies offering sofas minus the middle man, and big-box retailers shilling flat-pack options at a fair price point, there are a bunch of budget-friendly options at your disposal.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
Closing the facility could create a sludge disposal crisis across southern New England due to limited alternatives.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The team has already finished the first 180 feet (55 meters) of drilling at the Mont Terri underground rock laboratory in Switzerland, a facility that has hosted nuclear waste disposal experiments for three decades.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
With a slew of direct-to-consumer companies offering sofas minus the middle man, and big-box retailers shilling flat-pack options at a fair price point, there are a bunch of budget-friendly options at your disposal.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
Closing the facility could create a sludge disposal crisis across southern New England due to limited alternatives.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disposal
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According to De Bremaeker, the mother, who had received a removal order, was on a supervisory check-in when she was detained.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Recent moves — including the removal of sanctions on Malian junta officials — suggest Washington is actively rebuilding ties with these military-run nations.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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They were first trained to execute specific movements, and later distilled into a single unified controller that uses visual inputs to plan and coordinate the sequence of actions a robot should take to navigate obstacles efficiently in its environment.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Every day had its thing — obviously, the bear attack sequence.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Although Burdette and others have worked to expose the extent of PFAS pollution and a consent agreement was put in place in 2019 to reduce Chemours’s dumping, the company was cited for violating the consent order in 2021, and is actively seeking to expand production at its facility.—
Patrick Sisson,
Scientific American,
9 Mar. 2026
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Once the world’s leading producer, it was bankrupted by China’s price dumping.—
Markos Kounalakis,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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An investigation by the Bakersfield Police Department also led to separate charges citing Mays for possession of more than 600 images of youth or child pornography and distribution of obscene matter involving someone younger than 18.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Heating elements must survive high temperatures, constant airflow and uneven heat distribution.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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But white settlers found their stubborn dispositions too unruly for domestication and their big bodies too tempting a commodity.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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The disposition of the suit wasn’t clear, though Diagne’s TLC license expired in 2020, a police source said.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Unlike traditional steel, which has a crystalline atomic structure, amorphous steel has a disordered atomic arrangement.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The silky blooms come in muted pinks, greens, and creams, while a sturdy twig-vine base keeps the arrangement secure.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Mar. 2026
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Have questions about ordering or a purchase?—
Claire Peltier,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The sub is rolling out first as a loyalty-exclusive offer through the Firehouse Subs mobile app and online ordering platform through March 1.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Disposal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disposal. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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