dispensation
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Indeed, it is not a novel at all, and it has been categorized as such only because of a curious dispensation afforded to the French to affix that label to any book they want.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
To actually get a new organ, patients like Newman are functionally required to secure a special dispensation from the state, which must be renewed every year.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
Saracens are requiring cover for the injured Alex Lozowski and are allowed dispensation in the salary cap to replace him in their squad for next season.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025
In 1933, Jewish lawyers were banned from appearing in German courts, but Frankel had served in World War I, and as a consequence of doing that, had a dispensation from the ban.
From Slate • May 27, 2025
It would be easy to think of witchcraft, too, as belonging to a more primitive dispensation, inappropriate in this new sedate, cool, quiet and reasonable age.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing dispensation
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
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