How to Use disburse in a Sentence

disburse

verb
Definition of disbursenext
Synonyms for disbursenext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 payment was disbursed on the fourth Wednesday of May, and was sent to people born after the 21st of a month.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 24 May 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
  • Clerks won’t accept checks over $500 and won’t disburse any cash, Sauter said.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • 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 funding comes from one penny of the state’s sales tax, and the MSBA disburses funds based on need.
    — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • The monthly payments are disbursed on the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 4 July 2023
  • Under the new agreement, the IMF will disburse $3 billion over nine months.
    — Time, 11 July 2023
  • Once the funds are requested and then received, the state has 60 days to disburse them to the village, Mostardo said.
    — James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2021
  • 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
  • But the city didn’t disburse the $2 million as promised in March, Rumph said, and the land trust couldn’t immediately complete the sale.
    — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The monthly payment is disbursed on the first of the month, and May's disbursement was released Monday.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • Advocates are urging him to change his mind, as the funding has not even yet been disbursed.
    — Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • States are allowed to keep 10% of the Covid education aid and decide how to disburse the money.
    — Katie Lobosco, CNN, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Vouchers will be disbursed if and when the terms are approved, barring any appeals.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
  • The federal government is consulting with tribes on how to disburse the funding that must be used by the end of 2024.
    — Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2021
  • But right away the two would-be dads noticed something strange: every month the full amount of 3,450 CAD was being disbursed from their account.
    — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some lenders can approve and disburse a private student loan in just a couple of weeks, while others may take up to two months.
    — Rebecca Safier, wsj.com, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Samaha said supporters of the fund had already lined up members of the work group and guidelines for how the money should be disbursed.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • If the entire sum were disbursed as dividends, a shareholder could use the money to buy more shares.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Paying through the app also provides an auditable and trackable way to disburse the money.
    — Anne Field, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Money is then disbursed to states, which allocate it to service providers.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
  • Yet the state governments that disburse funds have done little to make taxpayers whole.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 June 2022
  • None of his uncle’s estate, half of which was supposed to go to Walters’ 88-year-old sister, had been disbursed, and Jenkins had gone dark.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • First payments are expected to be disbursed via a reloadable debit card by Aug. 26.
    — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024

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