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
However, under Senate rules, committees can't meet that late in the day without special dispensation by the larger body.
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Brady Dale, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Lee was freed as part of a mass dispensation of pardons issued by Yoon in 2022.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Dec. 2024
Ninety-four year old Sister Mary Avila, a semi-cloistered nun who had a special dispensation to paint in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , taught Warner about pastels and oil paintings.
—Provided By Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
Roosevelt’s professed horror at Hitler’s threat to democratic dispensations or the diabolically racist Nuremberg laws stretches credulity.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Brady Dale, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Lee was freed as part of a mass dispensation of pardons issued by Yoon in 2022.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Dec. 2024
Ninety-four year old Sister Mary Avila, a semi-cloistered nun who had a special dispensation to paint in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , taught Warner about pastels and oil paintings.
—Provided By Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
Roosevelt’s professed horror at Hitler’s threat to democratic dispensations or the diabolically racist Nuremberg laws stretches credulity.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensation
distribution
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Some of our recommendations included: Reimagining central power distribution such as placement, resiliency to direct and secondary hazards, distributed generation and battery redundancy.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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On June 3, 2020, a grand jury returned an indictment charging Aguilar-Linares and nine others with narcotics distribution and money laundering offenses.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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“Dispensation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensation. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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