as in pharmacies
a place where medicine or minor medical treatment is given
a hospital dispensary
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Recent Examples of dispensaries
The industry has evolved from legacy growers, storefront dispensaries, and multi-state operators (MSOs) that scaled rapidly to capture market share.
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Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The Mille Lacs compact will allow the band’s regulatory agency to issue as many as eight licenses to off-reservation dispensaries.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
The city has provisions on the books for marijuana dispensaries and sites that cultivate or manufacture marijuana products, but lounges where people can use marijuana products on the premises itself are currently not allowed in Kansas City.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
About 5,800 vape carts were sold and 3,800 vape carts are still at dispensaries around the state, a spokesperson for Michigan's CRA said.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The situation recalls San Diego’s struggles to shut down hundreds of unlicensed cannabis storefronts as the city began permitting legal dispensaries for the first time in 2014.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Others skip dispensaries altogether and buy delta-8 THC products.
—Haley Bemiller, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, municipalities with dispensaries still haven't received the tax revenue they're owed.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2025
The error impacts a sizable share of the state’s roughly 450 cannabis dispensaries.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The Mille Lacs compact will allow the band’s regulatory agency to issue as many as eight licenses to off-reservation dispensaries.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
The city has provisions on the books for marijuana dispensaries and sites that cultivate or manufacture marijuana products, but lounges where people can use marijuana products on the premises itself are currently not allowed in Kansas City.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
About 5,800 vape carts were sold and 3,800 vape carts are still at dispensaries around the state, a spokesperson for Michigan's CRA said.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The situation recalls San Diego’s struggles to shut down hundreds of unlicensed cannabis storefronts as the city began permitting legal dispensaries for the first time in 2014.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Others skip dispensaries altogether and buy delta-8 THC products.
—Haley Bemiller, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, municipalities with dispensaries still haven't received the tax revenue they're owed.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2025
The error impacts a sizable share of the state’s roughly 450 cannabis dispensaries.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensaries
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The order also directs CDPHE to collaborate with other state agencies and offices to identify and remove barriers to vaccination, ensure state health insurance plans and Medicaid cover COVID-19 vaccines and review and revise rules to ensure pharmacies can provide COVID-19 vaccines.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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The initiative formed amid increasing national and local frustrations around retail crime, along with concerns over the closure of several pharmacies serving minority communities in Boston.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Artificial tears are available over the counter at most pharmacies, drugstores, online retailers, or large retail stores.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
10 Sep. 2025
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Most Americans visit drugstores to get their COVID-19 vaccines, according to the CDC.—
Tom Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Dispensaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensaries. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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