as in to measure (out)
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Recent Examples of dish out
The senior midfielder finished with 53 goals and dished out 30 assists, closing her high school career with 258 total points.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
And in return, each business dishes out a complimentary perk.
—AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
There are gamer-friendly features, like the 165-Hz refresh rate (with AMD FreeSync support), which will make games appear more fluid and smoother on the screen, provided your computer is powerful enough to dish out the necessary frames per second.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 25 June 2025
These professionals are also dishing out on their favorite cleaning products to tackle the job.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
And in return, each business dishes out a complimentary perk.
—AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
There are gamer-friendly features, like the 165-Hz refresh rate (with AMD FreeSync support), which will make games appear more fluid and smoother on the screen, provided your computer is powerful enough to dish out the necessary frames per second.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 25 June 2025
These professionals are also dishing out on their favorite cleaning products to tackle the job.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dish out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
Verb
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Staffers handed out sandwiches, beverages and even canes for those who did not have time to grab their medical equipment in the smoke and flames.—
Holly Ramer,
Fortune,
15 July 2025
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Each member of the family has a tattoo to remember Ethan, and a charity set up by his parents has already handed out more than $100,000 in scholarship money to 90 students.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Clean utensils: Use clean utensils when portioning the mayonnaise to avoid introducing bacteria into the mix.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
1 July 2025
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Use this as a guide to equally cut and portion it out.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This can not only help your room feel properly proportioned but can also enable easy flow throughout the space.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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The new Leaf is one size smaller than the Equinox EV, which is nearly identically proportioned to Tesla's Model Y SUV.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
Verb
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Judkins and his ex-girlfriend had split in December but were rekindling their relationship at the time of the incident, the report shows.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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If their parents died, the sisters would split their inheritance.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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The clouds truly began to part, however, when Antony and Josephine gave Baser some advice that would go on to change the course of her career.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
25 July 2025
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Martin, who is forty years old, was dressed like a Backstreet Boy, with a plaid shirt worn open over a tank top and wide-legged jeans, his short light-brown hair parted down the middle.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Not coincidentally, Democratic congressional candidates received the bulk of AIPAC funding in 2024: 58.6 percent, as opposed to the 38.5 percent allotted to Republicans.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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As Purdue updates its plans, IU has allotted hundreds of millions of dollars to build multiple major facilities, including an 11-story School of Medicine building and a 4,500-seat athletics center, on its downtown campus in the next few years.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Verb
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The Primetime Emmy Awards will be doled out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sept. 14.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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The Pistols never rose out of the clubs during their original incarnation and lived off near-starvation wages doled out to them every week by McLaren.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2025
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“Dish out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish%20out. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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