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disperse

[dih-spurs] / dɪˈspɜrs /


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Indonesia said Saturday it had been using dry ice at one of South Sumatra province's main airports in an attempt to disperse the haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Strong winds at high altitudes can weaken or disperse the disturbances before they reach the mesosphere, where they may become visible through a phenomenon known as airglow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

A few months later, a different judge found that the department had violated previous court restrictions by using projectile weapons to disperse crowds at protests against immigration enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"The teams and suppliers building satellites now are the ones able to develop the next generation of a related technology, and once they disperse, they are very hard to reassemble."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The song ends and people start to disperse.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

"Get them out the way, that group disperses."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But as tech talent disperses to the likes of Austin, Texas, that reason may become less important.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

His group fundraises and disperses money to young candidates it backs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

In addition to NIH, scientists have reported that that the National Science Foundation, a government agency that also disperses research funding, has also canceled activities.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2025

The crowd disperses, moving from the big top to the parking lot and beyond, to the edges of the town.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

The country's national disaster mitigation agency said that 2.4 tonnes of dry ice were dispersed by plane.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Objects in that show came from private collections in the New York area, most of which have since been dispersed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Most of the remaining material would have dispersed into space long ago, while the planet remained in orbit.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The university and Cefas said nurdles were "likely to have dispersed beyond the Tyne estuary out into the North Sea".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

For Darwinian evolution to work, the mechanism of inheritance had to possess an intrinsic capacity to conserve information without becoming diluted or dispersed.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The rotating forces improved their performance, as they became more adept at dispersing and concealing themselves and using electronic warfare, said the Army official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rather than dispersing evenly in every direction, heat can follow routes determined by the structure of a crystal.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

But as Southern California’s focus shifts to the sweltering heat expected for the day and the rest of the week, an expert noted that soot and particulate matter may not be dispersing normally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Brinkema barred the justice department from taking any steps to stand up or operate the fund - including processing or dispersing claims - until a preliminary hearing on 12 June.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

He makes a gesture like smoke dispersing into the air.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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