as in pharmacies
a place where medicine or minor medical treatment is given
a hospital dispensary
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Recent Examples of dispensaries
These products only become available in dispensaries.
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Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Any product exceeding 10 milligrams would need to be sold at dispensaries.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
The number of hemp stores is less clear, but could equal or exceed the number of licensed dispensaries.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
About half of cannabis sales in 2022 at dispensaries in Illinois counties that border Wisconsin were to out-of-state residents, the analysis found.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
There’s also the pesticides – all kinds of toxicity are in stuff in legal dispensaries that’s certainly not being detected.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
Communities with futuristic dispensaries and start-up athleisure.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Michigan municipalities and counties that allow recreational marijuana dispensaries are set to receive far less money this year than last in their annual portion of tax revenue collected from cannabis sales.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Affected products were sold at 11 dispensaries, including Trulieve and The Garden by KCG in Cincinnati.
—Digital Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Any product exceeding 10 milligrams would need to be sold at dispensaries.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
The number of hemp stores is less clear, but could equal or exceed the number of licensed dispensaries.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
About half of cannabis sales in 2022 at dispensaries in Illinois counties that border Wisconsin were to out-of-state residents, the analysis found.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
There’s also the pesticides – all kinds of toxicity are in stuff in legal dispensaries that’s certainly not being detected.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
Communities with futuristic dispensaries and start-up athleisure.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Michigan municipalities and counties that allow recreational marijuana dispensaries are set to receive far less money this year than last in their annual portion of tax revenue collected from cannabis sales.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Affected products were sold at 11 dispensaries, including Trulieve and The Garden by KCG in Cincinnati.
—Digital Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensaries
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Koniver began ordering peptides from compounding pharmacies, which produce custom medications.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The website doesn't process insurance claims, instead directing cash-paying consumers to drug manufacturers websites or coupons that can be used at pharmacies.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The move better positions Amazon to compete with big-box stores, local drugstores and other retailers that have responded to the growth in online shopping by leaning into faster delivery in recent years, GlobalData retail analyst Neil Saunders told CBS News.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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From the Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum documenting the history of pharmacies, drugstores and medical media, to the Boomerang Diner, visitors will see history and present day communing with each other.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Dispensaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensaries. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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