How to Use dispersal in a Sentence

dispersal

noun
  • New research shows that tamarins play a huge role in seed dispersal.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The follow up is the dispersal of all those people back across the globe.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 July 2021
  • They’re also used in drug dispersal within the body and to help heal tissues and bones.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The medic had closed a clear plastic curtain around the tent with tape when the dispersal began.
    — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The range of this aerial dispersal varies wildly.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The increase in action is in part due to post-breeding dispersal.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 28 July 2017
  • The ants threaten native ant species, which play crucial roles in seed dispersal.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Fans can track the dispersal of the balls through a Google map that the team will link to on social media.
    — Bob McManaman, azcentral, 26 July 2019
  • The dispersal order has since been lifted.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Researchers are also still puzzled by the dispersal of the beads over the quarry.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 July 2019
  • Some members of the crowd had thrown bottles, eggs and paint balloons prior to the dispersal.
    — oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Arabia was at the heart of that dispersal from Africa into Asia.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Over the span of thousands of years, tasty fruit has proven to be a good way to help with seed dispersal in the environment.
    — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The metronomic dispersal of outcomes right and left is the result of our current schism, not a salve for it.
    — Reilly Stephens, National Review, 1 Feb. 2018
  • As a reminder, members of the media are also to obey the dispersal orders.
    — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Deputies have given three dispersal orders for an unlawful protest.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Their disappearance limits seed dispersal and the spread of trees around the forest.
    — Emily Harwitz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • All 31 players were placed into a dispersal draft for the remaining nine clubs.
    — Corey Roepken, Houston Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The biggest fish have the biggest stomachs, and the largest potential for dispersal.
    — Adam Popescu, National Geographic, 12 June 2018
  • So the researchers reasoned, that just like the fruits, the insects could be a means for dispersal, as long as their eggs can pass through the birds unharmed.
    — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 5 June 2018
  • But eventually, the host has to die; the point is to keep the host alive long enough to reach the best spots for maximum dispersal of new spores.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Fear has surged around flying, since the disease began abroad and is spreading in part through the dispersal of air travelers.
    — Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 11 Mar. 2020
  • For example, some of the volatile compounds attract insects that clearly help with the dispersal of their spores.
    — Federico Kukso, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
  • For example, some of the volatile compounds attract insects that clearly help with the dispersal of their spores.
    — Federico Kukso, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The other giraffe may have been killed by the strike indirectly, by the lightning’s dispersal through the air or ground.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Cumberland worked the loader, piling the chips into the spreader trucks for dispersal around the farms.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Perhaps one of the most interesting seed dispersal tactics is the ones that explode.
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The major roster moves come one day ahead of the Boston Breakers dispersal draft.
    — Iliana Limón Romero, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • One of the vans stopped in front of a home where residents had invited a few people to stay on their lawn after the dispersal order.
    — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
  • He was bought by WinStar Farm in a dispersal sale and moved to Baffert’s barn.
    — John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022

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