disbanded; disbanding; disbands
: to break up the organization of : dissolve
: to break up as an organization : disperse
Examples of disband in a Sentence
They've decided to disband the club.
The members of the organization have decided to disband.
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After taking office, President Trump was quick to disband a long COVID advisory committee that took months to stand-up.
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Will Stone, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
The Context President Donald Trump and billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have laid off tens of thousands of federal workers and disbanded a number of federal agencies since Trump took office as part of an effort to dramatically shrink the size of the government.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
At The Ohio State University, 16 staff positions will be axed as its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and its Center for Belonging and Social Change are disbanded, university spokesperson Benjamin Johnson told CNN.
—Andy Rose and Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
The group’s ability to continue charting on both albums and streaming rankings decades after disbanding speaks volumes about how catchy those tunes are to this day.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Will Stone, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
The Context President Donald Trump and billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have laid off tens of thousands of federal workers and disbanded a number of federal agencies since Trump took office as part of an effort to dramatically shrink the size of the government.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
At The Ohio State University, 16 staff positions will be axed as its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and its Center for Belonging and Social Change are disbanded, university spokesperson Benjamin Johnson told CNN.
—Andy Rose and Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
The group’s ability to continue charting on both albums and streaming rankings decades after disbanding speaks volumes about how catchy those tunes are to this day.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disband
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“Disband.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disband. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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