disposition
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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. On that score, time will tell,” the high court wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
A comparison is either an argument for Bloom’s potential or a warning about its price, depending on your disposition.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 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
No obviously bad effects were noticed from these ill-advised unions, but one or two old maids or gardener boys marked a weakening of faculties and a disposition toward eccentricity in some of the children.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
ConocoPhillips’ quarterly production fell 4% to 2.25 million barrels of oil equivalent per day after adjusting for acquisitions and dispositions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
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
But France supports a certain number of dispositions that reinforce obligations of the financial sector in the framework of this directive.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
Within, Catelyn found Brienne armoring the king for battle while the Lords Tarly and Rowan spoke of dispositions and tactics.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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