as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
a conscientious pharmacist never dispenses pills to people without assurances that they understand the instructions
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Recent Examples of dispensed
In an era when most people have dispensed with travel agents, the internet provides a daunting sea of possibilities.
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
Although reparations payments are still being dispensed, the lawsuit aims to stop the program in its entirety by preventing the city from using race to determine eligibility.
—Michela Moscufo, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Firstly, the squad has had a long overdue gutting, with older players and players with little resale value dispensed with.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Fears fed by decades of sectarian propaganda won’t dissipate all at once, but the new government can help assuage them by holding rebel groups accountable and ensuring that justice is dispensed by lawmakers rather than by armed groups with scores to settle.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
The only two teams that postseason to take a larger percentage of their shots from midrange were the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers – both of which the Nuggets dispensed of in their title run.
—Joel Rush, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The suit says Cormier’s pharmacy dispensed the pills on June 25.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
The other form of education that our society seems willing to respect, which is little modules and workshops dispensed to well-off professionals, also seems a likely enough vehicle for the survival of some sort of literary culture.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 11 Dec. 2024
But in some cases, there is no way to tell whether a baby’s positive test was caused by a medication the hospital dispensed or a substance the mother used earlier.
—Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
Although reparations payments are still being dispensed, the lawsuit aims to stop the program in its entirety by preventing the city from using race to determine eligibility.
—Michela Moscufo, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Firstly, the squad has had a long overdue gutting, with older players and players with little resale value dispensed with.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Fears fed by decades of sectarian propaganda won’t dissipate all at once, but the new government can help assuage them by holding rebel groups accountable and ensuring that justice is dispensed by lawmakers rather than by armed groups with scores to settle.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
The only two teams that postseason to take a larger percentage of their shots from midrange were the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers – both of which the Nuggets dispensed of in their title run.
—Joel Rush, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The suit says Cormier’s pharmacy dispensed the pills on June 25.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
The other form of education that our society seems willing to respect, which is little modules and workshops dispensed to well-off professionals, also seems a likely enough vehicle for the survival of some sort of literary culture.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 11 Dec. 2024
But in some cases, there is no way to tell whether a baby’s positive test was caused by a medication the hospital dispensed or a substance the mother used earlier.
—Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensed
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The 215-minute film, distributed by A24, has been a critical success since its debut at Venice.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2025
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He was told no one would go see it, and it would never get distributed.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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Now for the advanced numbers (all stats provided by TruMedia unless stated otherwise).—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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The payment will be direct deposited into the bank account provided on the eligible person's 2023 tax return or mailed to the address of record.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In addition to pesticides from their diet, industrial cow’s milk also contains significant traces of hormones (administered to boost their daily milk production from 14 to 40 liters per day).—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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This project will be administered by the the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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And that’s not nearly enough for the hundreds of millions of dollars and draft resources allocated after the 2019 roster dismantling.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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Shockingly, only 4% of research funding is allocated to heart disease in women, the number one killer of women.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Dispensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensed. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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