disbandment

as in dispersion
an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered the disbandment of the crowd at the end of the outdoor rock concert

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Noun
  • Look for an even wider dispersion than usual in these projections.
    Neil Irwin, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That index, constructed by academics, reflects newspaper reports about government policy, expiring tax code provisions and dispersion of economic forecasts.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even if the idea of $5,000 stimulus checks evolves, Congress would need to approve a dispersal of funds to taxpayers.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
  • High-altitude dispersal of ash and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere led to optical phenomena around the globe.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To manage through an era of... Post Sinking consumer sentiment, wobbly financial markets, and a scattering of disappointing macroeconomic data are stoking fears of a U.S. recession.
    Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Harvard Business Review, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Blue Ghost’s Lunar Sunrise This Raleigh scattering sees blue and violet short-wavelength light strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere and scatter while long-wavelength red and orange light bends onto the lunar surface.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Disbandment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbandment. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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