How to Use disposal in a Sentence

disposal

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  • Both the plumber and drain guy say egg shells are among the worst things to put down the disposal.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • Add small peels and a cup of ice to the disposal while running cold water.
    — Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Leo Wise said, adding that the millions of dollars at his disposal could help.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • There’s plenty of room to spread out, with a kitchen, living area, and large front porch at your disposal.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The process would allow the city to save about $7 million during 10 years of disposal costs under the method the city was going to use.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Having a dressy pair of jeans at your disposal makes picking a look for nights out all the easier.
    — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The good news is that this year, health officials have more tools at their disposal to combat them.
    — Libby Richards, Fortune Well, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, the bottom of the grill has a convenient, one-touch ash catcher for easy cleaning and disposal.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
  • Big mistake leads to an action onslaught: Cruz takes Ehsan out with one of the hundreds of knives at her disposal.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • This, as Chelsea has found, can be quite expensive, and require the kind of resources Brighton does not have at its disposal.
    — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The performers make the most of the limited resources at their disposal.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Epstein also had the 50-round draft at his disposal, not the downsized 20-round draft Stearns will oversee.
    — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Still unclear is where and when a permanent disposal site would be built.
    — Tom Hays, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Would Michelangelo still have been as great had he been born with a different set of tools at his disposal?
    — John Quinn, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • At the bottom of the basin the Husqvarna had enough power to roll that nasty mess into a large tumbleweed for easy disposal.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The Chargers have more than one crushing defeat at their disposal.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The subscription is like having a personal shopper at your disposal who does all the work for you.
    — Nykia Spradley, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2023
  • These specialists have three core tools at their disposal, the first and most straightforward of which is fossils.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
  • This product will basically eat all of the debris caught in your disposal, leaving you with a fresh-smelling sink and kitchen.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Police allege that a man shot, dismembered, and burned his father’s body and his mother aided in the disposal of the body.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • But with less than a week to go before the end of the session, the time for a conference committee has run out, narrowing the options at the House’s disposal.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
  • With the current coaching and playbook at his disposal, Morris projects as the top backup in the conference.
    — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
  • My plight with this is that leaving the cleanup of orbit to Mother Nature is not disposal but rather abandonment.
    — Moriba Jah, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The streamers also have massive libraries of content at their disposal — though of course the most popular shows tend to be the newest ones.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 May 2023
  • Matic has tried to make disposal as simple and mess-free as possible.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The laser method works by labeling blocks with overlaps as garbage, slated for disposal; other blocks are deemed worthy and will be saved.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The perception gap on home prices stems in part from the vast array of policy levers the authorities have at their disposal.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • People who don’t have the know-how or the time to learn it, and have some funds at their disposal, can find a different entry point into the real estate arena.
    — Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Soap operas have an arsenal of episodes at their disposal.
    — Vulture, 6 June 2023
  • There are also collagen supplements at your disposal; Agent Nateur’s is one of our favorites for the hair, skin, and nails—now marked down from $99 to $84.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023

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