dispense
verb (used with object)
to deal out; distribute.
are dispensing
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present progressiveof dispense.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Companies across the corporate spectrum are dispensing with managers who oversee just a few employees in favor of larger teams with flatter management structures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"There are so many medicines that we are dispensing at a loss, I personally have had to put in family money to keep the business going," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025
The problem, Sharp said, is that immigration consultants are dispensing legal advice in virtually all cases — sometimes with good intentions, sometimes not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
“You get on Twitter, and then you are dispensing advice about face cream to 500 followers, and the next thing you know you are a lifestyle guru.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2014
And what shall I be doing while you are dispensing me on the East Side?
From The Desert and the Sown by Mary Hallock Foote
