dispensed
Americanadjective
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People in her village, Bakau Serip, were now depending on tanker trucks that dispensed "dirty, cloudy and smelly" water, she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Prepared food and dispensed beverage same-store sales growth fell to 4.8%, from 5.6% the year before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Saum Poorsaleh, San Diego police public information officer, said his department had issued more than 50 citations at Sunset Cliffs and dispensed about 350 warnings, written and oral, since mid-June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Taylor also dispensed with tradition by not having any bridesmaids, while Travis similarly did not have groomsmen, her spokeswoman said.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The second charm of preformation was that it dispensed of the problem of de-encryption.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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