dispensed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The promise of “New Year, New You,” meanwhile, is no longer dispensed annually but instead refreshed daily.
From Salon
It was a memorable moment before he dispensed an important piece of advice.
From Los Angeles Times
The “coffee-machine story” was a recounting of the finicky 1970s coin-operated coffee machine in his office that often malfunctioned and dispensed its entire contents from one coin.
The Journal’s analysis counted as excess only dispensed prescription drugs that exceeded a month’s supply over up to three years’ worth of prescriptions.
The data doesn’t include patients’ names, but covers details such as the date, drug, duration and quantity of each prescription dispensed.
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