dished out

past tense of dish out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dished out
Verb
  • Nine Indiana high school bands have advanced to the final round of Bands of America 2025 Indianapolis Super Regional Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium, and preliminary awards have been handed out.
    Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The actress won a Special Tony Award for Best Newcomer for her Broadway debut, For Love or Money, in 1947 — the first year that the theater awards, then called the Antoinette Perry Awards, were handed out.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Phillips also asked that their assets be divided up by the court as separate property, with no indication in the papers that the exes had a prenup in place.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But like other governer races, voters are divided along partisan lines.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sometimes lightning hits the mountainside and splits or burns a tree.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Jeanty, initially lined up in the right slot, motioned into the backfield, leaving Bowers and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers lined up to that side, with receivers Tyler Lockett and Tre Tucker split to the left.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • By August, the CDC's center for HIV and tuberculosis prevention had doled out $167 million less than the historical average, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank focused on reducing inequality.
    Amy Maxmen, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Should the petitioners win their case, Justice Barrett had questions about how reimbursements would be doled out to people and entities that have already paid the tariffs.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Inspiring crowds of hundreds Per UIL, bands are allotted only eight hours of practice time outside the school day, so directors run each rehearsal with velocity and rigor to make the most of each moment.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of weeks allotted for each wave of creative development, the client directed us to present new names every few days.
    Anthony Shore, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The officer who shot Torres is assigned to the SWAT unit and has over 17 years of service with the Phoenix Police Department, according to Zak.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • However, Miller continued to text Fernandez Rundle about the prosecution and criticized Wolfson, who was assigned to the case, according to the document.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many civilian employees at the base who are paid using funds appropriated by Congress have been furloughed and others that are deemed mission critical are currently working without pay.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The money is there, appropriated.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Dished out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dished%20out. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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