Thesaurus results for DISPENSARIES

dispensaries

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plural of dispensary

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 ability to sell medical cannabis would also be an advantage for recent start-up dispensaries, who aren’t able to do so now. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 The new law also broadens the types of products dispensaries can sell, including gummies, edibles, and vaporized flower. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026 People walking into dispensaries today often know the difference between live resin and solventless. — Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026 The illicit market offers the same product with no tax burden, convenient delivery and pricing that undercuts legal dispensaries at every turn. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 The city prohibits cannabis businesses, including dispensaries, delivery services, manufacturing, testing laboratories and cultivation. — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 The act also would have shifted oversight of safety and testing from the Marijuana Enforcement Division to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and funded a program in which regulators would randomly collect marijuana products from dispensaries to test them for contaminants. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026 Prosecutors allege that between April 2019 and November 2022, Pin Hsien Hsu, 46, operated about 30 unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties, failed to file sales tax returns and didn’t report about $80 million in sales. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026

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Several stores, pharmacies and local businesses are adjusting their hours on Saturday, July 4, or closing in observation of Independence Day.

— Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
Giant Eagle, which is privately held, has 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.

— Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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