dished out

verb

past tense of dish out
as in measured (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dished out
  1. handed out
  2. divided
  3. split
  4. doled out
  5. allotted
  6. assigned
  7. appropriated
Verb
  • No discipline had yet been handed out, the lawmakers said they were told.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • In 2026, the fair’s panel of wine professionals handed out hundreds of medals in categories such as Best Value, Best of Region, and Best of California.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of handed out
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  • Overall, the picture by market remained sharply divided in June.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • Committee term limits have divided congressional Democrats, and attempts to impose them have come up short in previous years.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of divided
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  • Residents are split The average home value in the neighborhood is $430,998, according to Zillow.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The Braves were able to split Wednesday’s doubleheader, following a 3-2 loss earlier in the afternoon.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of split
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  • The proposal asks for the money to be doled out over a five-year period, which includes $250 million payments in 2029 and 2030 and smaller increments in the other three years.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
  • In dozens of declarations collected as part of the court record, detainees recounted broccoli full of worms, diapers doled out one at a time, and staff tearing up children’s drawings.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of doled out
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  • Instead, an equipment staffer lugged a bag of balls into a side training room and was allotted an hour to massage the footballs to the preferred specifications.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The press corps aren’t allotted much space in the White House.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Definition of allotted
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  • He was assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon, a focal point for the military’s buildup in South Vietnam.
    — Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The Fed chairman has assigned task forces to review different topics including the central bank’s approach to inflation.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of assigned
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  • Money appropriated to help the IRS collect taxes already owed is routine described in terms of spending, waste, or bureaucratic excess.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • That’s different from what happened after past disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy, when Congress appropriated large portions of the amounts that were requested.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of appropriated
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