dish out

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Recent Examples of dish out The Indiana Fever lost the game 91-90 with Caitlin Clark scoring 27 points and dishing out 11 assists. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 The length of the contracts Chelsea have been dishing out in recent windows means most members of their squad have several years left on their deals. Rob Tanner, New York Times, 19 May 2025 In the international sphere, the top prizes to be dished out will be best narrative, worth $75,000; documentary, worth $50,000; artistic achievement, worth $45,000; and the gender-neutral performance acting award, worth $15,000. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 May 2025 The Polaris Studio suites will include a host of luxury amenities for travelers willing to dish out more money for the premium experience. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dish out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
Verb
  • Nearly half of the $1 billion prize pot will be handed out based on sporting success with the finalists banking $30 million in merit payments for that game.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • By the time all the players could be separated, the officials had handed out 80 minutes of penalty time for the melee.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • But between shopping for ingredients, portioning them out, and finding space to store all the superfoods—from açaí to spirulina—making a smoothie from scratch every morning can feel like a lot.
    Betty Gold Kider, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2025
  • After its time in bourbon casks, the whiskey was portioned into: French Muscat casks, which added floral and earthy notes—lavender, honey, even something savory.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • The Federal Reserve is now overwhelmingly expected to keep rates on hold during its June and July meetings, with the market split over its September decision, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • The kids split their time between this house and their other parents' homes.
    Stephanie Warsmith, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • The new 2nd-gen luxury Hyundai Palisade is sharp and beautiful proportioned.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Sorting the correct size was not straightforward, as the Italian tires on the truck were oddly proportioned and on metric measurements.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Model parallelism divides the neural network itself across hardware.
    Jitender Jain, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Americans were also divided over what their separation means for the country, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • Aina’s long blond hair was curled and parted to the side of her head.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
  • Read the full Pisces Daily Horoscope Aries (March 21 - April 19) Clouds of confusion parting?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • The bill also allots an additional $60 million in the next two fiscal years for school districts to expand in-district special education services.
    Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
  • Fried earned the largest chunk of the money that was allotted for Soto, signing an eight-year, $218 million deal as the Yankees boosted their rotation.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Trump has already doled out numerous pardons to others convicted of serious crimes.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 June 2025
  • The money for treatment beds will be funneled through an existing state program that has doled out $1.8 million to help build facilities for mental health and substance use treatment since its launch in 2021.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 12 June 2025

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