dispensation
Example Sentences
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More importantly, Joseph seemed convinced that the FDA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in lifting the in-person dispensation requirement.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
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
So if Putin does fly to Budapest he would need special dispensation if he decided to fly over an EU member state.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
San Bernardino Roman Catholic Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a dispensation Tuesday evening, offering members of his diocese’s roughly one million parishioners in danger of being deported the option to stay home Sundays.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025
I told them that whites were Africans as well, and that in any future dispensation the majority would need the minority.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
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