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dispense

[dih-spens] / dɪˈspɛns /




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

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 12, 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

Artists will usually dispense with aids like perspective and rely on their own eyes.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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

Azerbaijan's singer Jiva is much more ruthless as she dispenses with a lover on the cinematic ballad Just Go.

From BBC May 8, 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

In these moments, he mostly dispenses with the pretense of love and simply just wants to be seen as who he is, with all his torturous flaws, by another human being.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2025

“Your friend dispenses good advice,” the old beggar chimed in.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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

Taylor also dispensed with tradition by not having any bridesmaids, while Travis similarly did not have groomsmen, her spokeswoman said.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Authorities said Mareik and her co-conspirators billed California’s Medi-Cal program tens of millions of dollars a month for medically unnecessary, high-reimbursement generic drugs that were dispensed outside the program’s contracted pharmacy network.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 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

He did this, he knew; he dispensed with things, trying to be like other people — decisive, practical — only to discover he’d overdone it.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Some imagine the ICC to be a judicial superhero, dispensing justice to arch villains around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 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

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting its own review of the abortion pills and its regulations for dispensing medication.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 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

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

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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