DISBURSED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

disbursed

verb

past tense of disburse

as in paid

to hand over or use up in payment the foundation disburses money to many worthy causes

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Recent Examples of disbursed Social Security benefits are typically disbursed to nearly 74 million beneficiaries on Wednesdays, but your exact payment date depends on your birth date. — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026 That criticism prompted the finance ministry to publish an update earlier this month showing that about $137 million had already been disbursed to three projects. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 With home equity loan funds being disbursed via a lump sum, you'll be expected to begin making full repayments almost immediately, too. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, the Buss family trust specified that whenever any of the siblings died, their shares would be equally disbursed among the remaining siblings. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 As a result, no business has been done by the board in eight months and about $800,000 is tax money earmarked for township mental health services has not been disbursed. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 That windfall has been disbursed to importers, leaving companies to decide whether to pass any of it along to consumers. — Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026 Two, why that money was not disbursed by a previous trustee to the addiction- addled Reiner at that time. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Each will receive an unrestricted $60,000 grant, disbursed over a five-year period. — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Aug. 2026

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Connie Britton paid tribute to Dolly Parton, less than two weeks after the loss of her Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
Carpenter is one of several stars who have paid tribute to Parton following the news of her death.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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While they’ve been spotted enjoying glitzy dinners and events in historic villas with friends in Saint-Tropez and Capri, really, the Clooneys have spent most of the summer at their home on Lake Como.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

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