dispense
verb (used with object)
to deal out; distribute.
had dispensed
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past perfectof dispense.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In early August, the paper reported that the $14-million Black creators program had dispensed funds inconsistently and sometimes not at all, according to multiple participants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
The team had dispensed its full allotment of 36,000 tickets to Wednesday’s watch party.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2019
It was my friend Monica, an excessively polite woman, and if she had dispensed with the niceties, the news had to be of epic significance.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2017
Before that, Toronto FC had dispensed of its allotment of 20,000 tickets last weekend, with most going to season-ticket holders and club sponsors.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2016
I, however, had dispensed with the two middle names long before I left Maryland so that I was generally known by the name of “Frederick Bailey.”
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
