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dispense

[dih-spens] / dɪˈspɛns /




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In February, Monsanto proposed another multi-billion dollar class settlement to dispense with claims that Roundup causes cancer.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Greenspan used his clout to dispense advice on all manner of domestic policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

And he wouldn't argue with the fact that it is far easier to console and dispense advice to virtual children - and yet he finds some comfort in the trend.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Because those peptides aren’t components of an approved drug and don’t carry a USP monograph, compounders weren’t allowed to dispense them anyway.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means, though He often blesses them when they are used discreetly.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Unfazed, the pickle serenely dispenses its koan-like musings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The NHS pays pharmacies a fixed price for each medicine it dispenses.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

She also conducts research for patients—from cancer treatment to skin care—and dispenses advice that other doctors might not; a patient recently texted to ask if the foundation makeup she was considering was “clean beauty.”

From Barron's Nov. 12, 2025

Asked about his design philosophy, for instance, and Gurr dispenses with big theories and instead focuses on careful pragmatism.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2025

There are several collections of wise sayings which not only do not reflect heroism at all, but give a view of life which dispenses with it.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Many interesting facts are dispensed in passing: During the summer in Texas, Mr. Smil informs us, an 800-square-foot swimming pool will lose about 185 gallons of water a day to evaporation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

As the show’s host, Queen Latifah dispensed uplifting thoughts about American idealism throughout the evening but also got a slot of her own to do her classic “U.N.I.T.Y.” with help from a rambunctious drum line.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

Authorities said Mareik and her co-conspirators billed California’s Medi-Cal program tens of millions of dollars a month for medically unnecessary, high-reimbursement generic drugs that were dispensed outside the program’s contracted pharmacy network.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Brown dispensed with his legal team before the hearing and chose not to attend.

From BBC May 11, 2026

He pressed a pump that dispensed cellulite gel and massaged it into the back of his ungloved hand.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Warsh hinted at a blizzard of changes ahead, but the biggest arguably may be dispensing with consideration of the markets’ reaction to the Fed’s words.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting its own review of the abortion pills and its regulations for dispensing medication.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

The agency should use this pause as an opportunity to reinstate permanently in-person dispensing and physician-led follow-up visits, which are necessary to protect women’s health and freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

The drugs' availability was expanded in April 2021, when the FDA said it would lift the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC May 1, 2026

The thought of little Cassiopeia in a white wig and judge’s robes, dispensing justice with the fair, firm confidence of a true Swanburne girl, made Penelope grin from ear to ear.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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