1
as in temperaments
one's characteristic attitude or mood
he has a cheerful disposition and is very rarely depressed
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as in inclinations
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a woman with a disposition to fuss about trivial matters
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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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as in agreements
an arrangement about action to be taken
all that remains is a disposition regarding the custody of the two children
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Recent Examples of dispositions
However, because the animals' natural habitats share some overlap and both have similarly docile dispositions, zoos often group howlers and capybaras together.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Involvement in structuring joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, activist takeover and defense, financing arrangements, and similar matters will all be considered.
—Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Dim lighting bounces off of soft pink tiles and warms the dining room, the bathrooms glow ocean blue, every inch of the space colored by the sisters’ sunny dispositions and their dedication to turning even the most low-key midweek dinner into an exercise in jubilant excess.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The same can be said of Mescal, who’s already parlayed playing men of muscular physique and melancholy dispositions into above-the-title movie stardom.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The state continues to see a backlog in its gun background check system, with more than 57,000 criminal arrests not yet linked to court case dispositions, according to TBI.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Mar. 2025
Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Involvement in structuring joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, activist takeover and defense, financing arrangements, and similar matters will all be considered.
—Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Dim lighting bounces off of soft pink tiles and warms the dining room, the bathrooms glow ocean blue, every inch of the space colored by the sisters’ sunny dispositions and their dedication to turning even the most low-key midweek dinner into an exercise in jubilant excess.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The same can be said of Mescal, who’s already parlayed playing men of muscular physique and melancholy dispositions into above-the-title movie stardom.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The state continues to see a backlog in its gun background check system, with more than 57,000 criminal arrests not yet linked to court case dispositions, according to TBI.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispositions
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But taken together, the movies demonstrate Linklater’s interest in probing creative temperaments, including his own.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Pups with excitable and reactive temperaments were especially responsive to on-screen content, suggesting that many canines may interpret moving images much like real-world events.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Lin—whose early career at Zappos and mathematical inclinations molded him into an early backer of companies like Airbnb and DoorDash—has been at Sequoia since 2010.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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For costume designer Nicky Smith, helping Robinson and Kanin deliver on the show’s eccentric potential meant working against her natural inclinations.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
3 Nov. 2025
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All one had to do would be to rethink what removals are for (or shake off any post-substitutionist illusions about it).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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That experience, along with his father’s staunch opposition to the removals, helped form Kennedy’s powerful belief in the equality of all people and the importance of preserving and protecting individual rights.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Each character has their own specialized sequences for these moments, and can go a step further once their synergy meter fills, allowing two fighters to do a special team-up that’s also customized to each individual pairing.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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The book has a lot of action sequences and also physical transformations.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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The former Pac-12 schools still are under the conference’s old bowl agreements, which are set to expire after the season.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Alaska's emergency management division does not have formal agreements with the state's education department designating schools as emergency shelters, and neither agency has funding to help maintain schools specifically as emergency shelters.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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These softening attitudes, however, are not equally shared among political parties.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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Now the cruelty that defines our attitudes toward children has a receptacle in social media.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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The collaboration between certain MAGA influencers and animal-rights activists has drawn out the most confrontational tendencies within each camp.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Steed said her mother was born around the time of the 1953 raid and grew up with anti-government and, in turn, anti-vaccine tendencies.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
1 Nov. 2025
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While disposals, drains, trash bins, and dishwashers are some of the most likely culprits, your walls and other surfaces could be a source of lingering odors, too.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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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
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“Dispositions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispositions. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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