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
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  • Southern California bosses handed out pay hikes below what the typical American worker earned over four consecutive quarters.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026
  • To accentuate the connection to cinema, little tubs of popcorn were handed out upon arrival—adding to the theatrical effect of the mountains in the background blurring with the mountains on the screen as darkness descended.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of handed out
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  • The country has been divided for years between rival administrations, each backed by armed groups and foreign governments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street divided on Fed outlook The war with Iran continues to add to the uncertainty.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • While Sebastiaan Bornauw was staying wide on the right of the back three, Trafford came out to split Tarik Muharemovic and Jaka Bijol, offering them a passing option.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The admission, an aside in a wide-ranging interview, raised eyebrows in the recovery community given the star’s very public embrace of sobriety after joining a 12-step program following his 2016 split from wife Angelina Jolie.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Chinese funds are also doled out on an ad hoc basis with little transparency.
    — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The billionaire philanthropist, novelist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has doled out more than $26 billion to charity during the past few years, but has done so without much fanfare.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of doled out
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  • For a long time, the prime real estate for podcast discovery was Apple’s iTunes, where new podcasts were allotted their own row for a week.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say the vast majority of nonprofits cap the amount of vacation time an employee can accrue, most often to one-and-a-half times the vacation hours allotted to them for a single year.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of allotted
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  • Correction officer Eric Bonner was assigned to monitor the inmates in the unit where Guaranda was being housed, the report said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Night-flying aircraft have been assigned to the incident, Cal Fire said.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of assigned
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  • In a world saturated with information, where every image is already endlessly recycled and re-appropriated, attention itself becomes a political act.
    — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Congress appropriated $257 million in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Kennedy Center repairs and renovations.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of appropriated
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