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dispensary

[dih-spen-suh-ree] / dɪˈspɛn sə ri /


NOUN
clinic
Synonyms
NOUN
infirmary
Synonyms




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The dispensary system is a transitional structure, a relic of the era when cannabis was treated as a dangerous exception.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

From the outside, it looks like your standard-issue corporate dispensary, largely because of where it is.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2025

She added that her shop was "propping up" the dispensary.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2024

“This project will change the trajectory of their lives forever,” Forrest Parker, general manager for Qualla Enterprises, the tribal company that manages the dispensary, said during the opening ceremony.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

For me it was a dispensary where Betsie could get medication for her cough.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

It had been measuring the required 500-foot distance between schools and dispensaries from door to door, not from property line to property line.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

The agency can only use “back of the envelope” calculations to estimate whether dispensaries are financially above water.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

“I always say dispensaries are the turducken of retail,” she said.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2025

Despite concerns about the health risks of secondhand smoke, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill that will allow cannabis dispensaries to serve hot food and nonalcoholic drinks.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2024

But one of the many people who regularly brought unpleasant news of the deluge had told her that the company was dismantling its dispensaries to move them to where it was not raining.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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