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as in removal
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
trash disposal is on Wednesday in our neighborhood
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as in sequence
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another
the disposal of troops along the ridge
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Recent Examples of disposal
Another tool Sturm has at his disposal is breaking up his top line.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Pour the debris into a trash bag or put the entire tarp and the plastic sheeting into a trash bag for disposal.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
Chief among the familiar faces is Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the stoic, gruffly professional explosives-disposal expert Major Will Tranter, who shows up at a construction site in the heart of London where an unexploded, 1,000-pound WWII bomb has just been found.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
The Abington Fire Department said the fire was accidental and likely started from careless disposal of smoking materials.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Pour the debris into a trash bag or put the entire tarp and the plastic sheeting into a trash bag for disposal.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
Chief among the familiar faces is Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the stoic, gruffly professional explosives-disposal expert Major Will Tranter, who shows up at a construction site in the heart of London where an unexploded, 1,000-pound WWII bomb has just been found.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
The Abington Fire Department said the fire was accidental and likely started from careless disposal of smoking materials.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disposal
Noun
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The asbestos removal work will be done on the rear portion of the data center property on Windsor Street, once a parking lot.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Two hydroelectric dams on Washington’s Elwha River were removed in 2011 and 2014 after the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and others lobbied for their removal for decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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By the final showdown, the production has made use of every bit of stage space, with sensational flying sequences (choreographed by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant) that allow the vampires to float, hover, and—in one especially intense moment—dive from that bridge.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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In the 1990s, Venter and a team at the National Institutes of Health developed expressed sequence tags, which allowed for the rapid discovery of new genes.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Roll said his top concerns are water and energy use, along with water and heat dumping.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Avs did more dumping than chasing and rode their puck luck harder than usual.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Analysts adjusted targets ahead of earnings for the restaurants and foodservice distribution group.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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The distribution of buckyballs and other molecules in the planetary nebula will help astrophysicists decipher how these structures evolve over time and know more about what chemistry fuels the cosmos.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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Burke has rare size at nearly 6-foot-9, and a nasty disposition to match.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The survey presented over 1,500 American adults in a nationally representative sample with the definitions of six legal methods of disposition in a random order.—
Tanya D. Marsh,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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Ron Roenicke replaced him — an arrangement that from the beginning, despite all parties’ protestations, seemed to smooth the way for Cora’s eventual return.—
Jimmy Golen,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Vertical flies under an arrangement that has been accumulating evidence toward certification for three years.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, store operations grew more complex as mobile ordering and drink customization increased, leading to long wait times and a generally deteriorating in-store experience.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Have questions about ordering or a purchase?—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Disposal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disposal. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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