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dispenser

[dih-spen-ser] / dɪˈspɛn sər /
NOUN
apothecary
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A French teenager who allegedly licked a straw from an orange juice vending machine before putting it back into its dispenser has been charged with committing mischief and being a public nuisance in Singapore.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

I can’t count how many times during my stays a dispenser didn’t work or had little left in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

It felt like a piece of my childhood died along with the actor who played Dawson Leery, but it wasn’t just a parasocial relationship that had me weeping next to the soap dispenser.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2026

As the baseball world shut down, Call bought a portable Junior Hack Attack hitting machine with a self-feeding ball dispenser.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

He pointed out the sugar dispenser and apologized to them for the fact that there was no way to make cream available: Petersen’s had run out.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

They also reportedly have dispensers for chaff -- metal shavings that distract radar-guided missiles -- and flares that blind heat-seeking missiles.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

There were plenty of common threads, from better fonts on those shower dispensers to nightlights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

She slipped treats to the dogs languishing under Palm Springs-style misting dispensers while volunteers read to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Children use toy pistols and dispensers to squirt coloured water at their friends.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

According to the cards on the two dispensers, that day’s sample flavors were a cold watermelon mint and a warm chocolate chai.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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