Etymology
Origin of disposer
Example Sentences
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Both men ended with an Islamic prayer: "Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best disposer of affairs."
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
But the InSinkErator engineer noted that “systems with a disposer, an adequate soil type and a ‘standard’ sized system have functioned trouble free for more than ten years in cold climates.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022
“A change of the Chief Magistrate, therefore, would not occasion so violent or so general a revolution in the officers of the Government, as might be expected if he were the sole disposer of offices.”
From Time ● Apr. 9, 2015
Later, when Goldman was offered the job she has — her official title is assistant collections manager, not "chipmunk disposer" — she was asked if she would be comfortable inside the flesh-eating beetle room.
From Chicago Tribune ● Oct. 27, 2014
"Right, so what do they think? Do they think you murdered me and put me down the garbage disposer or something? Or maybe I'm locked in a closet? Come on, Mom. Get real."
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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