disposed
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US officials and journalists traveling to China to cover the summit were advised to use phones and laptops that could be wiped or disposed of back home to preserve cybersecurity.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
They found the case so straightforward that they disposed of it summarily, without full briefing or oral argument.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
He bent down, picked up a straw wrapper and disposed of it in the nearest trash can, then kept walking.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
In this and other ways I am agreeably disposed to this stronger and stormier Tiguan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
That was not because chiefdoms were more kindly disposed toward defeated enemies but because the greater economic specialization of states, with more mass production and more public works, provided more uses for slave labor.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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