dispense
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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
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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
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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
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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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