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disposition

[dis-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən /




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"The Court's disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful," they said.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

That coexistence is made easier by the disposition of the animals, which evolved to be mostly oblivious to unnatural human dangers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Among them is the disposition effect, a behavioral investing phenomenon that causes people to sell their winners too early and hold onto losers for too long.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

That disposition lurks behind his piercing hazel-green eyes, which seem to absorb every detail of the small coffeeshop and our fellow patrons, and it’s at the heart of how he moves through the world.

From Salon May 15, 2026

Then they called Penn Jones, who came immediately and placed himself at their disposition.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

“Scarborn” was, in fact, directed by the Polish Pawel Maślona and written by Michał A. Zieliński and finds structural soundness in having two heroes of such different, complementing dispositions.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

This was based on a series of dispositions - or land transfer deeds – showing the property had been transferred to them by the surviving trustees.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Unlike Marxism or reform liberalism, it has no systematic ideological program; rather, it is a set of dispositions and attitudes.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2025

The agency finally approved the company’s marketing of tests to determine genetic dispositions to 10 health conditions, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and certain blood clotting disorders, in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2025

How do we change—within moments, the whole form of our habits and dispositions may become alien to us, and we almost cannot remember what we were.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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