dished out

past tense of dish out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dished out
Verb
  • The state’s Clean Air Vehicle decal program ends next week, but tickets won’t immediately be handed out to solo electric vehicle drivers who continue to use carpool lanes.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Awards including the Creativity Prize, Humanitarian Spirit Award and Commercial Potential Prize will be handed out, alongside the Momo Script Award.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While the agents' colleagues were divided over the move at the time, the Bureau, under then-Director Christopher Wray, conducted a review and did not find grounds for discipline, CNN reports.
    Huo Jingnan, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The park encompasses 134 miles of that stretch and is divided into 13 distinct sections.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Notably, the offer was split, with one direction centering on soft tailoring, with modal and other fluid fabrics shown for blazers and trousers.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The English-language movie boasts one of Henry Golding’s finest performances, some critics said, though the final results split reviewers.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Historically, these visas — 85,000 per year — have been doled out through a lottery system.
    Barbara Ortutay, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Over the last three decades, officials have doled out $60 million.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The amount varies each day because every country is different, but each team is allotted the same amount.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Each side has been allotted one hour and 45 minutes for their closing arguments.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And Griffith herself worked as a substitute teacher hired by Pendleton and was assigned to a design team for one of the new schools.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The Sharks assigned forwards Lucas Vanroboys and Anthony Vincent, and defensemen Noah Beck and Mattias Havelid to the Barracuda on Friday.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Park funding is appropriated by Congress, leaving the park system vulnerable if lawmakers can’t reach a deal.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • As much as labor-power can be exploited, it cannot be entirely appropriated and absorbed by capital—even when the laborer is chattel property.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Dished out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dished%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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