as in distribution
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group
the emergency dispensation of medicine to the sick
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Recent Examples of dispensation
The year buprenorphine was approved, the DEA restricted its dispensation.
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Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
The Senate’s agriculture, labor, energy and banking committees are each instructed to shed at least $1 billion in spending while other committees are given dispensation to increase spending by hundreds of billions.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Although both the left and the right repudiated Wright himself, the next dispensation may very well flow out of majority-black churches like Wright’s.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
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Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
The Senate’s agriculture, labor, energy and banking committees are each instructed to shed at least $1 billion in spending while other committees are given dispensation to increase spending by hundreds of billions.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Although both the left and the right repudiated Wright himself, the next dispensation may very well flow out of majority-black churches like Wright’s.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensation
distribution
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Platforms like YouTube and Instagram are providing distribution and control of their stories in ways once unimaginable—and allowing people with disabilities the chance to reach audiences once unheard of.—
Alan Schwarz,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Substack offers a comprehensive solution that combines website functionality, blogging capability, newsletter distribution and podcast hosting.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
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“Dispensation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensation. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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