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disposition

[dis-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən /




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Coast guard spokeswoman Noemie Cayabyab told a Saturday press conference the remains would be turned over to police forensic investigators for "proper disposition and identification" before allowing local authorities to inform family members.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

“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

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

The key difference between them is the president’s personal disposition towards them.

From Salon May 14, 2026

“Yep. Can’t say I felt particularly sorry about it because that baboon had the nastiest disposition around here.”

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

“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

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

While their personalities and dispositions seem so disparate, their similar passions are evident.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2023

Nevertheless, some large animals have much nastier dispositions and are more incurably dangerous than are others.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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