How to Use disburse in a Sentence

disburse

verb
  • The money will be disbursed on the basis of need.
  • The government has disbursed millions of dollars in foreign aid.
  • Grants meant to stanch the bleeding have been slow to disburse.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The state is still in the process of disbursing dollars for that round.
    — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
  • The winds determine how and where the smoke will be disbursed.
    — John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Funds will be disbursed in the next four to six weeks, Denton said.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The will disburse up to six months of monthly relief over the course of two years.
    — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • They are required by law to disburse at least 5% of their assets.
    — Jon Bergdoll, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Any funds disbursed from Nick's trust would have required the approval of the trustee.
    — Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The payments will be disbursed in installments over four years.
    — Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But by then, the state had already disbursed the $74 million.
    — Hillary Borrud, OregonLive.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Many small business lenders can disburse funds within 48 hours.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • But the city must hire a consultant to develop a plan for how to disburse the loans.
    — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2018
  • The candidates also pushed to make a switch in how student loans were disbursed.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • The funds will be disbursed after the program ends in August.
    — Sofia Joucovsky, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Clerks won’t accept checks over $500 and won’t disburse any cash, Sauter said.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The benefits are disbursed four times a month, on the third day of the month and on three Wednesdays.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 27 May 2023
  • The law increased the amount of the credit and disbursed it on a monthly basis rather than in a lump sum at tax time.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The city faces a tight deadline to come to a consensus on the location of the funds and disburse them.
    — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The agency has to approve the review before funding is disbursed and work can start.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Loan documents will be signed and checks disbursed from April 6 to 15.
    — Anna Beahm | [email protected], al, 25 Mar. 2020
  • If the friends group cannot raise sufficient donor dollars, the county will not disburse the funding.
    — Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
  • This is the second round of cash to be disbursed, with the first sent out in June 2016.
    — Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2017
  • And yet details are sketchy on where such a force would be deployed and how all the money earmarked for it will be tracked and disbursed.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The monthly payments are disbursed on the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 4 July 2023
  • Funds for this school year have been disbursed to colleges across the country, but the grant program’s future is not certain.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • That figure was seen as a triumph after a slow start to disburse the funds and complaints from landlords and renters about the process.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2021
  • At age 31, the account will be terminated and the funds disbursed.
    — Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025
  • The city will disburse the loan in four installments during construction.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
  • Every dollar spent on preventing extreme hunger saves many more that might have to be disbursed in response to crises.
    — Arif Husain, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025

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