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dispensation

noun

ˌdi-spən-ˈsā-shən

Definition of dispensation

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 The Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund was created in 2022, with the intention of allowing the swift dispensation of money during states of emergency. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 21 May 2026 If so, then a special dispensation should be made for Barnes and the 10-year career rule. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 But the specific French dispensation—the idea that a man’s erotic life exists outside the moral world of his other obligations, that the wife and the mistress are a civilized arrangement, that desire is sovereign—this mythology did not make the crossing with me, or did not survive it intact. — Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 Hale has chronicled how conservative bishops issued dispensations, releasing Catholics who feared being detained from the obligation to attend Mass. — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dispensation

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Reinstating a military draft would ensure a more equitable distribution of national defense responsibilities.

— Jonathan Zimmerman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
Between 2020 and 2024, the NYC Health Department nearly tripled its distribution to opioid overdose prevention programs, distributing more than 300,000 naloxone kits in 2024 alone.

— Nathalia Fernandez, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026

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The remaining allocation has also drawn intense interest from the market.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Tax allocation districts are designated areas where a certain amount of property tax revenue growth is diverted away from governments and used to fund specific improvements within that district.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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