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 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 The department says of the 3,077 full inspections this year, 349 of them involved food disposals. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025 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 The source takes consolation in the recognition that land transfers, disposals, and transfer of mineral rights takes time — often years. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2025 The company said the decline in profit for the year was due to a loss on disposals and higher restructuring costs as a result of accelerating its productivity program. — Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disposals
  1. removals
  2. sequences
  3. dumpings
  4. arrangements
  5. dispositions
  6. distributions
Noun
  • The data on number of removals come as ICE is under scrutiny for two shootings carried out by the agency in which two people died.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • Typically, the nonprofit conducts these removals annually, but in recent years, employers and unions have agreed to pause them in a tough post-strikes environment for workers, says an industry source.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Definition of removals
Noun
  • Long, uneventful sequences capturing Kozue’s idle days spent daydreaming in nature or by the incinerator soon come to feel purposeless.
    — Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • The plot is a bit of an afterthought, but the increasingly bonkers action sequences are among the best of the year.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of sequences
Noun
  • 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
  • Though the case has drawn attention because of Delvey's notoriety, all three women maintain that such rabbit dumpings happen all the time.
    — Tabitha Parent, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Definition of dumpings
Noun
  • Leaders who want to encourage greater uptake of flexible work arrangements for the benefit of staff wellbeing should role model working flexibly and be conscious of any favoritism shown to employees who are visibly present.
    — Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • No details were provided regarding the nature of the enhanced security arrangements.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Definition of arrangements
Noun
  • The dispositions in the Massachusetts arrests were not immediately clear.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • Change the leader themselves — their behaviours, their habits, their dispositions.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of dispositions
Noun
  • Manchester City are likely to top the list of distributions to clubs under FIFA’s Club Benefits Programme (CBP) for the third World Cup in succession, calculations from The Athletic have found.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • In 2025, Hanover Township gave away 1,800 backpacks filled with supplies during the distributions.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of distributions

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