dealt (out)

past tense of deal (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealt (out)
Verb
  • The emergency proclamation was declared by Supervisor Hilda Solis, who said that thousands of air purifiers and masks have been distributed to residents impacted by fire and smoke.
    Austin Turner, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Sixty percent of total payouts went to Reels, with the remaining 40 percent distributed across Stories, photos, and text posts.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors say Hammond, who was a pharmacist at Central Pharmacy in Lansing from 2020 to 2024, dispensed and billed a substantial number of female condoms that the pharmacy never received from a wholesaler.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • One groom just had to have a fountain that dispensed ranch dressing.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
  • Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Before the World Cup, Dioz provided employee uniforms for events including Super Bowl LIX and Copa America, which may have given it a leg up on the FIFA contact.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Now in its 18th year, The Zac Foundation has provided free water safety camps to more than 25,000 kids in at-risk communities.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The award is handed out to the most outstanding amateur baseball player in the nation.
    Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • The Hollywood Reporter came out on top at the 68th Southern California Journalism Awards, which were handed out at a gala ceremony Sunday night at the the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
    Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Nearly 40% of the IP addresses allocated to Cogent appeared on publicly available blacklists of potential abuse, according to Scamalytics data.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • On Monday, DeSantis vetoed $15 million allocated for security grants for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Miami, the total amount of funding for Catholic school security previously approved by the Florida Legislature earlier this month.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
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“Dealt (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dealt%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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