as in pharmacy
a place where medicine or minor medical treatment is given
a hospital dispensary
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Recent Examples of dispensary
The campaign’s website offers a tool for finding licensed dispensaries throughout the state.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Communities with futuristic dispensaries and start-up athleisure.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Blake and Kelly Roberts, the third-generation owners of Lakes Floral Gift & Garden, last year received a preliminary state license and city approval to open what is expected to be the city’s first cannabis dispensary and one of the first in Washington County.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
This year, however, one troop was reportedly allowed to sell outside the dispensary on a trial basis.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Communities with futuristic dispensaries and start-up athleisure.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Blake and Kelly Roberts, the third-generation owners of Lakes Floral Gift & Garden, last year received a preliminary state license and city approval to open what is expected to be the city’s first cannabis dispensary and one of the first in Washington County.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
This year, however, one troop was reportedly allowed to sell outside the dispensary on a trial basis.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensary
Noun
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Now she's got to buy it from pharmacies, with her precious, diminishing savings.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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Risky peptides Specifically, the PCAC will consider moving the 12 peptides back onto a list of drugs that compounding pharmacies can make for human use.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Widely available at local drugstores, this $10 pick deserves a spot in your spring rotation.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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The store, which has been in the works since at least mid-2024 and whose lease ends in 2035, will fill a roughly 12,000-square-foot space that once housed a Thrifty drugstore, and then a Trader Joe’s and most recently a gym.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Dispensary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensary. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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