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dispense

[dih-spens] / dɪˈspɛns /




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One of the FDA’s concerns is that it doesn’t have any information about the containers that would be used by compounding pharmacies to dispense the medication.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

After leaving Westminster, Burnham similarly began to dispense with ties and jackets.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Hospitals are also contracting with more pharmacies, which are paid a kickback to dispense medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

Teachers confronted with evidence of a student’s inadequate comprehension found it easiest to dispense a grade that moved a student toward meaningless graduation.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Let’s hope Judge Chuang dispenses with the Justice Department’s unjust prison demand and issues a suspended sentence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

Impersonating St. Nick, Taylor dispenses amusingly practical advice to children telling her what they want for Christmas.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

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

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

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

Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh dispensed with subtlety altogether.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Around 1485, Leonardo da Vinci had sketched a firing mechanism that dispensed with the need for a burning match.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Zhao Xuan, 28, who tells the BBC that her parents dispensed so much "gourd soup literature" that she has muted her family group chat.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

To Madame Ratignolle he said the music dispensed at her soirees was too “heavy,” too far beyond his untrained comprehension.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

When an AI model is dispensing advice, it doesn’t know the difference between a body builder who wants to lift heavier weights and is consuming enough protein and a malnourished person who isn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Here she remade herself as a low-key singer-songwriter dispensing wise yet unflashy tunes about love, home and family — part of a gentle resetting of pop’s mood after the turmoil of the previous decade.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

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

In 2021 the FDA eliminated the requirement for in-person dispensing entirely, a temporary Covid move that was made permanent in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Tata Bidibidi, with his kind, pretty wife and their precarious boat dispensing milk powder and quinine and love to children along the river.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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