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as in dissipates
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
the crowd dispersed once the show ended
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as in scatters
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
the family of the missing woman dispersed searchers to all corners of the national park
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as in disbands
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization
the campaign staff dispersed almost immediately after the election
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Recent Examples of disperses
The gaming giants have given more than $40 million in the past year to a political action committee called Win for America, which then disperses the cash to affiliated, hyper-partisan super PACs that try to influence state races around the country.
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Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
30 June 2026
Hot conditions will persist across Texas, with highs near or above seasonal norms, but skies should gradually clear from south to north as the Saharan plume disperses.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Mowing down mushrooms or using fungicidal products are not recommended as fungicides are typically ineffective against mushrooms and mowing disperses mushroom spores.
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Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
The narrative disperses, and alignment remains superficial.
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Chiara Alzati,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Rodighiero and her team already have their suspicions about how the red and blue monsters can coexist in the early universe—perhaps the blue galaxies are in fact born from the red ones as the dust disperses.
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Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
Criminalization disperses suffering, while prevention reduces suffering.
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Ray Bramson,
Washington Post,
13 Apr. 2026
Once shots are heard in the video, the crowd quickly disperses or takes cover.
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
An electro-osmotic pump (a device that disperses liquids with electrical force) controls the fragrance delivery precisely, ensuring steady scent production with minimal timing gaps.
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Shirl Leigh
march 31,
New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2026
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
30 June 2026
Hot conditions will persist across Texas, with highs near or above seasonal norms, but skies should gradually clear from south to north as the Saharan plume disperses.
—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Mowing down mushrooms or using fungicidal products are not recommended as fungicides are typically ineffective against mushrooms and mowing disperses mushroom spores.
—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
The narrative disperses, and alignment remains superficial.
—
Chiara Alzati,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Rodighiero and her team already have their suspicions about how the red and blue monsters can coexist in the early universe—perhaps the blue galaxies are in fact born from the red ones as the dust disperses.
—
Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
Criminalization disperses suffering, while prevention reduces suffering.
—
Ray Bramson,
Washington Post,
13 Apr. 2026
Once shots are heard in the video, the crowd quickly disperses or takes cover.
—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
An electro-osmotic pump (a device that disperses liquids with electrical force) controls the fragrance delivery precisely, ensuring steady scent production with minimal timing gaps.
—
Shirl Leigh
march 31,
New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disperses
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Without a cohesive system that captures user data, builds robust retargeting pools, and systematically moves audiences toward action, that engagement quickly dissipates.
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In that moment, the pain feels immediate, and then the urgency dissipates like a passing storm.
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Earth’s atmosphere scatters shorter blue wavelengths more efficiently, allowing warmer red and orange tones to dominate — the same effect that produces vivid sunsets.
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The youth suddenly drops to the ground as the crowd scatters, the video shows.
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And once the dog is found, the Search Party network disbands.
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DiCaprio plays Bob, a revolutionary in hiding with his teen daughter (Chase Infiniti) after his activist group the French 75 disbands in chaos.
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The experimentation that innovation requires gradually disappears.
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And the pressure of crafting an opening line disappears, because someone else has already done the introductions from a stage.
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Ever settle in for movie night, hit play, and thirty seconds later, the picture dissolves into a blurry mess of pixels?
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Then the ball flies, and the thought dissolves into applause.
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But rental business owners like Zhao observed that the rental prices have begun to slide as novelty surrounding these stunt-performing androids fades.
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But as hope of finding survivors fades and the number of dead continues to climb, many fear the political aftershocks of the disaster may prove nearly as destabilizing as the earthquake itself.
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“Disperses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disperses. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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