dispersal
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Around two-thirds are housed in "dispersal accommodation" which normally means houses in the community.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
"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
Police Department issuing a dispersal order at about 6:30 p.m., according to City News Service.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
A second approach, inertial confinement, uses the plasma’s own inertia to slow its dispersal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing dispersal
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