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dispenser

[dih-spen-ser] / dɪˈspɛn sər /
NOUN
apothecary
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Automated conveyor belts shuttle boxes of wine along to a massive pallet wrapper, like a giant cling film dispenser twirling the pallets around ready for shipment.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

I can’t count how many times during my stays a dispenser didn’t work or had little left in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

It felt like a piece of my childhood died along with the actor who played Dawson Leery, but it wasn’t just a parasocial relationship that had me weeping next to the soap dispenser.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2026

On a more intimate scale, Gemma and Cady’s new Bay Area rental is a smart house where everything is a potential poltergeist, from the ice dispenser to the vacuum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

He watched the delicate boots moving back and forth from the lavatory to the paper-towel dispenser.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

When I visited his Menlo Park, Calif., office, I learned he designed it, all the way down to restroom paper towel dispensers, which he stayed up until 2 a.m. some nights perfecting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

They also reportedly have dispensers for chaff -- metal shavings that distract radar-guided missiles -- and flares that blind heat-seeking missiles.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

She slipped treats to the dogs languishing under Palm Springs-style misting dispensers while volunteers read to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Rinse aid dispensers are also worth considering, explains Andrew.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

“Restock the dispensers before we head out, would ya?”

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy


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