dish out

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Recent Examples of dish out In 2024, $26.7 million in construction loans were dished out, according to its annual report. Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025 On their fourth studio album, The Technicolors dish out juicy, intoxicating rock 'n' roll — all served with extra pulp. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025 Aston Villa travels to the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday hoping to dish out another Premier League double over Brentford after beating the same foe home and away last term. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 People on the ground in Pensacola, Florida – where the old logo still shines bright above the interstate – were quick to dish out criticism. Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dish out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
Verb
  • Markevych works with about 20 colleagues and spends much of her time driving around eastern Ukraine in a van, organizing tutoring and puppet shows and handing out books.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Swift’s dad Scott even got in on the fun, and was seen handing out bracelets to fans at shows, and Ed previously did so, too, at Swift’s concert in Toronto in November 2024.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The onslaught of intensity works, thanks to choices the restaurant makes in portioning (not overlarge) and service (not over-rushed), which gives the palate a bit of time to regroup between happy sighs.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Just as importantly, though, cooks engineer plates that are physically easier to share and more generously portioned.
    Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The private pool is perfectly proportioned and shaded terraces invite afternoon snoozes or sunset spritzes.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Atlanta scored first on a 38-yard field goal from Parker Romo, but that came after Huff and Sam Okuayinonu split a third-down sack to minimize a 19-play, 10 ½-minute drive.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Bigger than Alaska and Texas combined, West Antarctica is split from the eastern half of the continent by the Transantarctic Mountains, whose peaks are buried to their chins in ice.
    Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Both women wore their hair parted down the center and in subtle waves that fell past their shoulders.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Under the trees was dense foliage that occasionally parted to reveal a bird, langur, or cheetal, which reassured him in the stillness of the empty road.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The upper basin states use less water than what is allotted to them in the compact, while the lower basin states use more.
    The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Bayern were allotted the hardest draw of the league phase by Opta’s fixture difficulty metric and still have to take on PSG and Arsenal.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The series peeks behind the plastic countertops at the people doling out driver's licenses and car registrations, finding humor in driving tests, angry patrons and office politics.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Roughly one-third of cities’ revenue comes from federal grants to states that are then doled out to cities.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025

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