disposing

present participle of dispose

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disposing According to the complaint, Gutierrez Marfil admitted to Cal Fire law enforcement of disposing hot ashes into a burn pile, which then caused fire. Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 This includes indirect feeding, which can happen when feeding other wildlife or when improperly disposing fish scraps. David Goodhue august 27, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Beyond those conversations, Berry’s use of her platform, especially that of her social media account, is a gateway into disposing assumptions about women of a mature age. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 When disposing of bleach and other cleaning products, never pour them down the sink. Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026 Where is the line between laying the dead to rest and simply disposing of the body? ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026 For their part, the Iranians will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, provide for an unspecified mechanism for disposing of its enriched uranium and pledge to not pursue a nuclear weapon in the future. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026 That means, filling in any holes your kiddos dug, picking up trash and disposing of it, and being sure all your toys and accoutrements are loaded back in the car and heading home with you. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 Safely disposing of dead satellites—by dragging them down to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere or boosting them out of the way of other orbiting objects—is a problem the industry still hasn’t solved. Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disposing
Verb
  • But if not, there’s nothing wrong with playing an experienced guy such as Fowler and not putting Lindstein in a position to fail.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The ratios offer a little more room for expenses by putting a little less toward savings than the longstanding gold standard, the 50/30/20 budget.
    Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.
    Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The previous way of classifying heart attacks didn’t have enough nuance.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The usual way to study cosmic rainstorms is by placing hundreds of specialized cameras across several miles of land.
    Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Little things like people purposefully placing spelling mistakes in LinkedIn posts to signal to an audience that this post was crafted by a human, rather than a machine.
    Lis Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The case turned into a years-long legal saga, with multiple people convicted of their roles in arranging the hit, including Wendi’s brother, Charlie Adelson, and her mother, Donna.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior aides to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling.
    NBC news, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Sun is in Virgo until September 22, situating you in your annual season of renewal and personal vitality.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The report proposed situating it at the western end of the Mall, near the Potomac River.
    Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • It’s created a growing flag football industry, with companies like RCX and iFlag finding success organizing youth tournaments, high-school talent showcases and international competitions.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • This can make arranging the tray feel more like a fun creative project than a tedious organizing one.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Gate agents told the magazine officers have asked for help identifying or locating passengers as well as for access to internal information and even to restricted areas like jet bridges and aircraft.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There were real successes, such as locating Osama bin Laden in 2011 and destroying his group, al-Qaida, and later, dismantling the Islamic State.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Trailed uselessly by Charlie, who is next seen ordering the police chief about.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Leo also scrapped Francis’ plan to move parts of the Vatican’s secret archives and library off-site, ordering a new building inside the city-state to safeguard its trove of manuscripts.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Disposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disposing. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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