dispensing

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Dispensing patronage remained a partisan pleasure, recruitment a multipartisan necessity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Dispensing aid in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly difficult.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025

Dispensing medication regularly accounted for around 70% of the company’s total drugstore sales over the years, regulatory filings show.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

"Dispensing with the coronets is a nod to make the monarchy more relevant and more modern," he says.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

Dispensing power, the Papal claim of, in matrimonial matters, 24, 33; various views of canon lawyers, 125; how it affected various Royal families, 141; a Cardinal’s opinion of the alleged power, 160.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.