as in distributions
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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Inherited Roth account distributions aren’t taxed as long as the account has been open at least five years.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Its components can be rearranged to model different limb lengths, weight distributions and joint ranges of motion.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Notably, the United States played an indispensable role in forging this agreement, and did so without massive allocations of military aid or other forms of foreign assistance.—
David Dumke,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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Government programs should end and their allocations be shifted to pay off our national debt.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Dispensations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensations. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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