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
Although both the left and the right repudiated Wright himself, the next dispensation may very well flow out of majority-black churches like Wright’s.
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James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
Maybe the Giants can get a special dispensation and follow the Packers’ lead by splitting off their 10% on the market to various individual stockholders.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
However, under Senate rules, committees can't meet that late in the day without special dispensation by the larger body.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
Maybe the Giants can get a special dispensation and follow the Packers’ lead by splitting off their 10% on the market to various individual stockholders.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
However, under Senate rules, committees can't meet that late in the day without special dispensation by the larger body.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 12 Dec. 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 3 Jun. 2025.
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