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dispose

[dih-spohz] / dɪˈspoʊz /


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The researchers found that tissue-resident macrophages, a type of immune cell that lives permanently within organs, become less able with age to dispose of another class of immune cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Some waste companies have called for a deposit to be charged on vapes to encourage users to dispose of them properly.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Jegede said if the leaves or fruit are too delicate to wash or ash is still visible, it would be best to dispose of the produce.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

“The focus during the results will be the signing of the already announced plans to dispose of the ContiTech division as well as the potential distribution of the proceeds in FY26.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

He had also found Gwenforte’s turd and somehow managed to dispose of it gracefully.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Along the way, Mr. Pinsker disposes of some stubborn myths.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Do they think there is some sort of pickup service that comes along and disposes of their carefully collected excrement?

From Seattle Times May 3, 2024

St. Damien has scheduled her first pickup with Ridwell, a subscription service that picks up and disposes of hard-to-recycle trash.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2024

Equally important, there’s no way to ignore the spectacularly difficult institutional hurdles of how society manages and disposes of its nuclear waste.

From Scientific American Oct. 18, 2023

Collectively, the Party owns everything in Oceania, because it controls everything and disposes of the products as it thinks fit.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The office intends to have an environmental contractor remove the lithium batteries, which it says will be properly disposed of.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

After the Second World War ended, the Allies disposed of tons of ammunition by dumping it into the ocean so it could not fall into the wrong hands.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

One remaining animal was disposed of on 30 June.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

And California recently enacted a law requiring retailers to manage how clothing waste is disposed of, in a bid to keep clothes from further bloating landfills.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

We seldom called him “master;” we generally called him “Captain Auld,” and were hardly disposed to title him at all.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

Long said he wanted a rebate as he had been required to pay council tax since moving in and despite disposing of rubbish in skips provided by the estate developer.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Using a plastic bag to collect the soil and disposing of it in the garbage — not green yard waste bins — will help to reduce the spread of airborne chemicals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Properly collecting and disposing of spent fireworks could help reduce these environmental effects.

From Science Daily Jul. 4, 2026

Merely disposing of the “highly enriched uranium” doesn’t work when enrichment even to the low-seeming 3.67% is already 70% of the way to weapons-grade.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

As a way of disposing of them easily and agreeably she declared that she would marry whoever could beat her in a foot race, knowing well that there was no such man alive.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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