Example Sentences

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Donations ranging from $25 to $500 have been critical for the Hutchinson County United Way Wildfire Relief Fund, which is dispersing proceeds to displaced families.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

This inspired foundation is dispersing around 1,200 works by black self-taught artists from the American South to museums across the country.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2018

“I think it has to do with the way the swelling is dispersing through my muscle or whatever.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2016

In an attempt to prevent high concentrations of people in the cities, the government is dispersing refugees all over the country.

From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2015

The darkness is dispersing; the skies of the future are red with the coming day.

From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Greeley, Horace