dispositions

plural of disposition
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as in removals
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless we'll have to find some means for the disposition of all of this junk

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as in sequences
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another planned the disposition of events at her wedding with a precision that military commanders would envy

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Recent Examples of dispositions 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 The state's Clean Slate legislation addresses the criminal records system itself, including procedures for identifying missing dispositions and correcting incomplete criminal history information. Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The dispositions in the Massachusetts arrests were not immediately clear. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026 David Yannetti, representing Officer Nicholas O’Malley, 33, has filed a slew of discovery motions in the case — requesting records of King’s complete criminal history, including all arrests, charges, dispositions, and pending matters from any jurisdiction. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 May 2026 Deputies will document all referrals and dispositions so the department can track how often services are offered, what resources are utilized and whether those efforts are producing measurable results. Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 4 May 2026 The department processed 330 district attorney service requests and 324 dispositions, totaling 654 actions, or about 327 staff hours. Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026 But white settlers found their stubborn dispositions too unruly for domestication and their big bodies too tempting a commodity. Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • In no small part, the internet and social media have helped create these temperaments fraught with contempt bordering on hatred.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Are there some breeds, some illnesses, some temperaments that are better suited to hospice care than others?
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Putin will eventually leave office, whether by death, illness, or—against all observable inclinations—stepping aside.
    Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
  • People with gene variants that affect these inclinations may also be at a higher risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes, researchers found.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 28 July 2026
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  • The rates of in-absentia removals for immigrants without lawyers in Baltimore, for example, has increased from 54% in January to 73% in June, according to the group Mobile Pathways, which analyzes immigration court data.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
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
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  • Those activities would be conducted through separate agreements rather than being automatically authorized by the collaboration announced this week.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Vox Media is one of several publishers that have signed partnership agreements with OpenAI.
    Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • Polling in foreign countries shows a dramatic shift in attitudes toward the United States.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This is why trading of Dell stock Wednesday will so heavily influence attitudes on the AI trade, at least in the near term.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Clerc’s rationale was centered on the Houthis recent tendencies to mainly target Saudi Arabian vessels passing through the strait.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The whole thing plays like something concocted by an 8th grader sitting in the back of biology class and doodling movie ideas in his notebook, offering more proof that Besson has never quite risen above the juvenile tendencies of his early years.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • 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

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“Dispositions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispositions. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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