disperse
verb (used with object)
to drive or send off in various directions; scatter.
has been dispersing
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present perfect progressiveof disperse (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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At the same time that the Equal Justice Initiative has been gathering these evocative soil samples, it has been dispersing historical markers to the sites of lynchings.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2018
Japan’s plant has been dispersing radioactive material for nearly two months and counting, far longer than the 10 days during which the Chernobyl plant released a much larger burst of radioactive particles in 1986.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2011
