scatter

Example Sentences

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If people want to scatter their votes, it’s not only their choice — it’s democracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

These tiny particles scatter sunlight, filtering out the shorter blue and violet wavelengths and letting the longer red and orange tones shine through.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In retaliation for propaganda dumps, North Korea in 2024 sent scores of trash-filled balloons to scatter waste across the South.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

At the time, scientists believed these waves would scatter energetic electrons, causing them to fall into Uranus's atmosphere and disappear.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

So he decided that the only solution, if one wanted to retain the right ratio between water and land, was to break up the land and scatter it across the surface of the waters.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton