dispersal

Example Sentences

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"This is largely because oil floats, so the dispersal of oil remains on the surface and doesn't really interact with corals except in the most shallow areas," Burt said.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

“This dispersal across Europe, like an archipelago of power, will complicate our adversaries’ calculus,” Macron said while standing in front of a French nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine at France’s Île Longue base off the Brittany coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

A dispersal zone is to be introduced by police in the centre of Scotland's biggest city as part of a crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Police Department issuing a dispersal order at about 6:30 p.m., according to City News Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Behind the glossaries of warning calls, alarms, mating messages, pronouncements of territory, calls for recruitment, and demands for dispersal, there is redundant, elegant sound that is unaccountable as part of the working day.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas