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dispense

[dih-spens] / dɪˈspɛns /




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It went on to encourage its members not to knowingly dispense medicines that would be misused - and report any side affects to the health authorities of those that had been.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Big PBM companies are seeing growth in their affiliated specialty pharmacies, which are paid to dispense drugs that are typically high-cost, often to patients with complex needs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

"If we allow this to happen, no judge will be able to dispense justice," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

I said, “I thought you would be able to help me. I thought you would have some kind of magic. On your door, it says that you dispense healing words.”

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

Perhaps due to a paucity of sources, Mr. Mancall dispenses quickly with events before 1450, depriving readers of a deep look at indigenous life before the arrival of Europeans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

His title, “Enemy of the People,” dispenses with the indefinite article — a decision he chalked up to “Chekhovian impulses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

Without questioning Theo’s authority or checking in again with me, the porter dispenses two tickets, handing Theo the printed billets and moving on to the next passengers.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The answer starts with Jesus, but much of the credit belongs to St. Paul, who dispensed with Jewish dietary law, circumcision requirements and prohibitions against intermarriage, thus broadening the appeal of early Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Saum Poorsaleh, San Diego police public information officer, said his department had issued more than 50 citations at Sunset Cliffs and dispensed about 350 warnings, written and oral, since mid-June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh dispensed with subtlety altogether.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

The very first facts they dispensed, I grasped with awe.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

In addition to the payment, CVS entered a memorandum of agreement with the Drug Enforcement Administration to address future obligations in dispensing controlled substances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Long before Oz entered politics, for example, he’d been discredited for dispensing a vast array of scientifically unsound medical advice on “The Dr. Oz Show,” which Winfrey’s Harpo Productions co-produced.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

It would be one thing if Macklemore’s comments in New Jersey truly resembled the hate speech that Kraft accused him of dispensing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

At a centre called "Sniffspace", dogs test human samples on platforms equipped with automatic feeders dispensing dog treats.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Today, Hasina was dispensing advice on how to fend off unattractive suitors.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini


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