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disposals

noun

plural of disposal
1
as in removals
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless trash disposal is on Wednesday in our neighborhood

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2
as in sequences
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 disposals The settlement noted that when notified by the district attorneys of the unlawful disposals, Terminix cooperated and quickly responded to prevent further violations of disposal and privacy laws. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry laws and regulations, as well as Philadelphia’s Board of Education, also require accurate inventory records and periodic updates of asset locations, additions, transfers and disposals. — Kathryn Blackman, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 There may also be some disposals — again, part of Lewis’s winning formula at Tesco over six years. — Ian King, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Toilets flush more often, disposals run nonstop and hoses stay on for hours to fill kiddie pools or rinse off the grill. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 4 July 2026 Clean and flush out drains and disposals well after each use for food preparation. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 While not all activists are the same, there are many examples of activist directors pressing for an immediate sale of the company, buybacks, special dividends, or asset disposals rather than investments in growth. — Kai Liekefett, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The disposals violated various state environmental and unfair competition laws. — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025 The increasing number of disposals might spark concerns about Starlink debris landing over populated areas. — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disposals
  1. removals
  2. sequences
  3. dumpings
  4. arrangements
  5. dispositions
  6. distributions
Noun
  • The Supreme Court required adequate notice to permit habeas challenges, but removals had already begun.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The recent surge in removals came after a dramatic drop, brought on by both the pandemic, when child welfare cases decreased overall, and an edict imposed by Daniel Little, then-leader of the county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • Some of this is down to the sequences in English; Oguri’s accent is sometimes hard to make out, which isn’t helped by the low sound mix and Miike’s tendency in dialogue scenes to show a reverse shot of the person not talking.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Housewife is certainly at its most potent during those earlier sequences, when Sheridan’s Lelyveld is under the mistaken impression that Hermine Ryan is the unwitting victim rather than the unrepentant perpetrator.
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of sequences
Noun
  • Those two, plus Sean and Beatriz, have been the only non-Casa dumpings of the season.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 3 July 2026
  • Hosted by Ariana Madix, the reality show follows a group of young singles searching for love, with new bombshell arrivals and sudden dumpings from the Fiji villa keeping the hopefuls on their toes.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026
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Noun
  • Fortum has previously said that new nuclear projects would require strong customer demand secured through long-term power purchase agreements, strategic partners, appropriate financing and risk-sharing arrangements.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Op de Beeck slips everyday Belgian objects and historical motifs — Duvel beer bottles, supermarket glassware, waffles and typical Flemish still-life arrangements — into his immersive installations, sculptures and films.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of arrangements
Noun
  • Knowledge of the enemy’s dispositions can only be obtained from other men.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, Harrison Street sold a 12-property student housing portfolio for $910 million, one of the largest dispositions in the sector in recent years.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispositions
Noun
  • Capital calls, distributions, valuation updates, subscription documents, liquidity gates, tax documents and reporting cycles create new handoffs across front office, operations, legal, compliance, tax, data and technology.
    — Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • While much of the NFL’s direct income is shared evenly with its players as dictated by their collective bargaining agreement, the dividends and distributions from 32 Equity investments flow outside the cap.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026
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“Disposals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disposals. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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