DISHED OUT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

dished out

verb

past tense of dish out

as in measured (out)

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The awards are presented in Stockholm, with the exception of the Peace Prize, which is handed out in Oslo, a tradition often linked to the union that bound Sweden and Norway during Nobel’s lifetime.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
The awards show has now revealed the list of 30 eligible podcasts for its second award, to be handed out on Sunday, January 10, 2027.

— Peter White, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

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The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

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In a country known for its bootstrap individualism, this was a monumental handout; officials ultimately doled out an area the size of Pakistan.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, as of June, the cryptocurrency industry had doled out $189 million to influence the 2026 midterms, which is outpacing its contributions in the previous election cycle, shows a study by Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group.

— Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

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Cybersecurity and software Top picks in cybersecurity and software are Palantir Technologies with a $250 price target and implied upside of 30%, and CrowdStrike — which the analyst assigned a $335 price target signaling a gain of 20%.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Discovery and development Clozapine was named in 1959 by researchers at the Swiss pharmaceutical company Wander AG, where it had been initially synthesized the previous year and assigned the identifier HF-1854.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

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Some Democrats in Congress are now calling for investigations into whether money appropriated for border protection is being used to promote the president’s political message.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
The president responded by saying his administration wouldn't spend the $257 million appropriated by Congress on renovating the building unless the building also bears his name.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

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