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as in removals
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
trash disposal is on Wednesday in our neighborhood
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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
In fact, plumbers don’t put much faith in disposals at all.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 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
Denver public health officials do not investigate where illicit substances come from, Vigil said, but work proactively through drug testing and sharing information, harm reduction (such as syringe disposals or naloxone) and treatment options with people who use drugs.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 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
Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 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
Denver public health officials do not investigate where illicit substances come from, Vigil said, but work proactively through drug testing and sharing information, harm reduction (such as syringe disposals or naloxone) and treatment options with people who use drugs.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 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
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The lawsuit alleges the removals target topics like slavery, Indigenous peoples, and climate science.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Quentin Kujala, the chief of conservation policy at Montana’s Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, told me that the number of lethal wolf removals that officials have had to conduct due to livestock conflicts has decreased in that same time frame.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 2026
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The directors agree that most of the film seamlessly blends their input, though Shi specialized in the horror and action sequences, while Sharafian leaned into the emotional scenes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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These sequences of process and investigation are captured with all the verve and nerve-wracking tension of a slick spy thriller, aided by a detailed, thundering soundscape sure to leave you on edge.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
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Thousands of air travelers scrambled to make alternate arrangements or simply hunkered down and waited at South Florida’s three international airports Monday as a blizzard that dropped up to 2 feet of snow all but paralyzed most of the Northeast.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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Evans said that while tariffs are challenging for the agriculture and ranching sectors, lopsided trade arrangements that hurt American producers are no better.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
23 Feb. 2026
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Despite deep-red voting records and conservative dispositions, many of these counties have few regrets about allowing towering wind turbines and lines of solar panels to dot bits of their countryside.—
Sophie Hartley,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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Exactly how distributions — including contributions made by parents, qualifying charitable organizations and the government — will be taxed down the road is another issue the IRS will have to clarify later.—
Jessica Dickler,Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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The $311 million does not include any revenue from the club’s rights deal with SNY or distributions from MLB for its national media and sponsorship deals.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Disposals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disposals. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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