as in pharmacy
a place where medicine or minor medical treatment is given
a hospital dispensary
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Recent Examples of dispensary
Rise, the city’s only dispensary, at 1340 Town Centre Drive, is located in a retail-heavy corridor near restaurants and shops like Kohl’s, McDonald’s, Walmart and Applebee’s.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Authorities seized more than $459,000 of illicit cannabis from the Raymond Avenue dispensary alone, Hafner said.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Armstrong said other dispensaries should be approved within the next month.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Shall Therapeutic Healing Care II remain open as long as the adult use cannabis dispensary is licensed and Lebanon is eligible to receive host community cannabis funding?
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Authorities seized more than $459,000 of illicit cannabis from the Raymond Avenue dispensary alone, Hafner said.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Armstrong said other dispensaries should be approved within the next month.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Shall Therapeutic Healing Care II remain open as long as the adult use cannabis dispensary is licensed and Lebanon is eligible to receive host community cannabis funding?
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensary
Noun
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The simplicity of the idea — that someone about to start immunotherapy could simply pop into their local pharmacy for an inexpensive shot that might prolong their life — should be enough to inspire everyone to put aside politics and invest in pursuing this promising finding.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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North Kansas City authorities have identified a male CVS employee as the victim killed in a North Kansas City shooting Thursday at the one of the health retailer’s pharmacy locations .—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Kimberly-Clark has been attempting to challenge the dominance of consumer goliath Procter & Gamble, whose business spans all drugstore aisles, including cold and digestion medicines.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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The deal would create a competitor to Procter & Gamble in cutting across grocery and drugstore aisles.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Dispensary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensary. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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