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Portugal had disbursed 1.4 billion euros, or 8.5% of the total recovery funds assigned to it, to project promoters by the end of 2022.

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2023

Earlier this month, Treasury announced that it had disbursed roughly $8.28 billion in relief funds to 162 community financial institutions across the country through its Emergency Capital Investment Program.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Photos and videos on social media showed about 20 demonstrators, and most had disbursed about midnight.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022

Earlier this year, a Times review found that the county had disbursed only a fraction of the funds for the project, and that construction is lagging despite the urgent need to boost supplies of water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2022

For now nobody in Damme was burning charcoal save for cooking, and each having enough did not go to buy from Claes, who had disbursed all his savings to pay for his stock.

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