dispense with
Example Sentences
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As the United States Supreme Court explained in 1942, the Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel implicitly embodies a “correlative right to dispense with a lawyer’s help.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Su was able to dispense with Intel as a competitor because Intel had “self-inflicted wounds,” said Daniel Newman, CEO of research and advisory firm Futurum Group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Customers are increasingly being lured by brands like TimberTech, which dispense with wood altogether in favor of polyvinyl chloride patterned to resemble mahogany, teak, or hickory.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
Well beyond their years, the kids expressed a suffering that doesn’t dispense with beauty.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024
A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means, though He often blesses them when they are used discreetly.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
