dispenses with
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This streamlined version—co-written with Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist and popular-science author—retains explanations of vital topics, such as the curvature of spacetime and Einstein’s theory of relativity, but dispenses with the drier sections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Azerbaijan's singer Jiva is much more ruthless as she dispenses with a lover on the cinematic ballad Just Go.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
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
Butting one fragment of skin, makeup, hair and headgear up against another, Sherman dispenses with the capacity of Photoshop to smooth out edges.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Like the second theory, this one considers modern Japanese to be slightly modified Koreans but dispenses with the need for large-scale immigration.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
