dispense
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Many joined with volunteer organizations to prepare and dispense meals to first responders and recovery workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
In February, Monsanto proposed another multi-billion dollar class settlement to dispense with claims that Roundup causes cancer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
And he wouldn't argue with the fact that it is far easier to console and dispense advice to virtual children - and yet he finds some comfort in the trend.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
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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
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
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
“Your friend dispenses good advice,” the old beggar chimed in.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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The rate at which available biosimilars are actually dispensed to patients over brand-name counterparts fell to 23% in 2025, down from about 40% in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
Many interesting facts are dispensed in passing: During the summer in Texas, Mr. Smil informs us, an 800-square-foot swimming pool will lose about 185 gallons of water a day to evaporation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
“I have, however, dispensed with the cookie that once came with it.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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The dispensing rate of available biosimilars over brand-name drugs fell to 23% in 2025, down from about 40% in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
By now, Russell was in the lead, having wasted little time dispensing with Gasly.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In response, local authorities started dispensing fuel straight from road tankers which keep changing their location to minimise the chances of being hit.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Here she remade herself as a low-key singer-songwriter dispensing wise yet unflashy tunes about love, home and family — part of a gentle resetting of pop’s mood after the turmoil of the previous decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
I ain't sure that I can trust her, but there ain’t been much kindness since I got to Summerland, and I’ve yet to see the Duchess on the dispensing end of any cruelty.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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