disburse
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Once customers have submitted accurate and complete information, FedEx says it can disburse refunds within 30 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
"The Commission may not disburse EU funds to a member state until the required legislative reforms are in force and are effectively being applied," a court statement said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Other experts point to serious concerns on fees charged by the two money transfer companies exclusively licensed to disburse money from Sham Cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
Dame Clare Moriarty, chief executive of the charity, Citizens Advice, said she would like to see the sector work quickly to disburse compensation to the worst affected.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Mom and Dad took Laleh trick-or-treating, while I was assigned to monitor the house and disburse candy as necessary.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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There has also been unease at a six-percent reduction in the budget for the development department, which disburses aid.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Evers’ office said the $290 million payment will go to the district, which will invest the money and collect interest on it as it disburses funds to cover repairs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
The government has said it would raise teachers' wages once the European Commission disburses EU recovery funding, with pay hikes coming over a period of 3 years.
From Reuters ● Dec. 3, 2022
Instead, we recommend an inclusive, global public investment funding model that gives lower-income countries a seat at the table and disburses funds based on a country’s needs and finances.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2022
In all the canteen disburses about 2,000 sandwiches a day, with mugs of coffee to match.
From The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 by United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
The human rights leader said she felt safe in Berlin, despite being distanced from friends and home and her family, which she said was now disbursed over eight countries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The mainland companies paid profits to the offshore entities, which disbursed dividends to shareholders in foreign currencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Before any money is disbursed, former presiding Superior Court Judge Daniel Buckley is vetting the firm’s cases and interviewing people whose accounts raise red flags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Under the legislation, the Repayment Assistance Program will become the default income-driven plan for loans disbursed after July 1, 2026, and existing borrowers must switch to the program by 2028.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
Our raid is applauded as a success; the choicest of the meats have already been disbursed among the galleys of the wealthiest among His Lordship’s supporters.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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It begun disbursing that money in bulk to House and Senate races after Labor Day.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
In June, the company said that it had received $800 million in refunds that belong to its customers and that it would start disbursing the funds in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The World Bank said Friday it was disbursing $200 million in emergency funds for the disaster response, as well as a mechanism to assess economic losses to help "prioritize aid and reconstruction efforts."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
It received a lifeline in April 2025, when the county announced that it would be disbursing the hospital $3 million collected via Measure B, which brought in about $427 million in fiscal year 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The disbursing clerk is paying us “half salaries” to-day, as suggested in a note I wrote the Secretary yesterday.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
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