dished out

past tense of dish out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dished out
Verb
  • Nominations for the 2026 Globes in all now 27 categories will be announced December 8, with the awards handed out during the 83rd Golden Globes on January 11, 2026, when Nikki Glaser returns to host the ceremony airing live on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Fans are encouraged to wear white from head to toe, while White Rally Towels presented by Wegmans will be handed out upon entry to help fuel the noise and intensity.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The votes of the parties that did not make it into parliament will be divided proportionately, meaning PAS will end up with several seats more than a bare majority of 51.
    John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While critics were divided at the time, Casper became a box office hit and earned its place as a nostalgic favorite for '90s kids.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The 18 qualified teams were split into pots of three, according to their UEFA coefficient, and were drawn against two teams from each pot, with three matches away and three at home.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • So, all those nine teams splitting the first two on the road won the series … right?
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Powered by TalkShopLive’s interactive platform, the event merged insightful, behind-the-scenes celebrity storytelling with step-by-step tutorials that could be replicated in an instant — simply by adding to cart the products mentioned by Nandy, with relevant anecdotes doled out by Berkley.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Pick from an assortment of delicious recipes doled out by a roster of sprightly locals, from apple strudel to Sacher-style chocolate gâteaux.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bayern were allotted the hardest draw of the league phase by Opta’s fixture difficulty metric and still have to take on PSG and Arsenal.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The amount varies each day because every country is different, but each team is allotted the same amount.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The seven Benton County circuit judges recused from the case, and it has been assigned to Jim Spears, a retired circuit judge.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Once there, she was assigned a bare mattress on the floor and denied religious accommodations, including Halal meals, her lawyers said.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Antideficiency Act, first passed in 1870, forbids the federal government from spending money not appropriated by Congress, and guides much of what the federal government can and can’t do during a shutdown.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Government funding has been appropriated this way for the past nine fiscal years, with Congress cramming 108 spending measures into 13 bills.
    Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Dished out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dished%20out. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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