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 state won't pay dispensaries for the samples.
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Now, more than 20 dispensaries are open across the state, including six in the metro.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
The industry has evolved from legacy growers, storefront dispensaries, and multi-state operators (MSOs) that scaled rapidly to capture market share.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 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
Journalists love an anniversary, and Ohio recently marked one year since dispensaries opened their doors to adult-use cannabis customers.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2025
Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Now, more than 20 dispensaries are open across the state, including six in the metro.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
The industry has evolved from legacy growers, storefront dispensaries, and multi-state operators (MSOs) that scaled rapidly to capture market share.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 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
Journalists love an anniversary, and Ohio recently marked one year since dispensaries opened their doors to adult-use cannabis customers.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensaries
Noun
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Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the soft drink was initially sold at pharmacies as a patent medicine.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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But the vast majority of Americans get their vaccines from pharmacies.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When drugstores permanently close, as has been the trend in recent years, patients often have to travel farther to get their medications, posing a larger risk to older adults.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Originally created in New Bern, North Carolina, Pepsi was first sold in drugstores.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Dispensaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensaries. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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