disposes

verb

present tense third-person singular of dispose
1
as in situates
to arrange something in a certain spot or position looking for the perfect spot to dispose the new knickknack

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2
as in classifies
to put into a particular arrangement disposed the surgical instruments in the exact order in which they would be needed

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Recent Examples of disposes The assessor proposes; the Board disposes. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026 Disney, which didn’t respond to a request for comment, disposes of the data gained from its facial recognition technology within 30 days unless its necessary for legal or fraud prevention purposes, according to its privacy policy. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026 Sales of Aperol and Espolon tequila are expanding in the US as the company disposes of weaker brands, Chief Executive Officer Simon Hunt said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. — Antonio Vanuzzo, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026 One that stood out to Everett Plummer, a manager in the oil division at the time and one of several staffers tasked with investigating the Boarman case, was McCoon 3, an injection well that disposes salty oil field wastewater deep below the earth. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2026 Naturally, your mileage may vary depending on your tolerance for gore, but the over-the-top appeal of Thanksgiving is how the serial killer creatively disposes of his victims, including one scene in which someone is served as a Turkey Day feast. — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025 The ruling disposes of a portion of the 27-year-old musician's filing. — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025 People die in this movie, and nobody seems to care, which could be a metaphor for the way the pro sports industry grinds up and disposes of its warriors. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025 The findings underscore the need to rethink how society uses and disposes of disposable masks. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disposes
  1. situates
  2. classifies
  3. puts
  4. arranges
  5. locates
  6. orders
  7. places
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  • Without diminishing that aspect of music, Musical Bodies rightly situates as much meaning in the objects themselves.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Garvey said the journal, which published quarterly from 1993 to 2005, was premised on the idea of abolishing whiteness as a social category that situates white people above other racial groups.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
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  • Single-Member LLCs When an LLC has one member, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) classifies the business as a disregarded entity.
    — AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The research classifies only a portion of the domains as campaign-style addresses.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
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  • Quote of note Veteran center Garrett Bradbury has enjoyed his introduction to Ben Johnson’s offense, a system that puts a lot of responsibility on the guy snapping the ball.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As Stevie Wonder’s eponymous 1972 hit suggests, there’s something specifically ominous about a 13-month-old baby that puts it in league with the bad juju of falling ladders and broken looking glasses.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • Sanchez plays Tere, a cello musician-composer in whose apartment Rosa (played by Rosa Estela Juárez Vargas), a contemporary music composer, arranges her first television interview.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • For those who want the Riviera beyond the shoreline, the hotel arranges bespoke experiences.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 July 2026
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  • The medical model locates disability inside the individual, a deficit to be cured, corrected or endured until the person can function in a world built without them.
    — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Anyone who locates turtles has been asked to bring them to the Cranford Fire Department, according to CBS New York.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • In the book, Rhaenyra also orders that Nettles be imprisoned, but Daemon, who is suspected of being Nettles’s lover, lets her escape.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Suddenly powering down after an officer orders you to hand over the device could raise questions about your intent.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of orders
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  • Cheap models could bring tutoring, translation, diagnostics, legal assistance, farm advice and small-business automation to places Western subscription pricing barely reaches.
    — Will Conaway, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • What the new vision misses The report places heavy emphasis on innovation, commercialization and technology deployment.
    — H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
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