DISHED OUT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

dished out

verb

past tense of dish out

as in measured (out)

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In March 2000, Albany State was handed a two-year ban on playing postseason football as part of a list of penalties handed out by the NCAA.

— McClain Baxley for the AJC, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The prestigious Ballon d’Or is handed out annually by French magazine France Football to the best men’s and women’s soccer players.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of handed out

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The race is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country's history.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
The race was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country’s history.

— Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

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The students will have to avoid allowing political divisions that might split their movement.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Early hands-on reviews broadly agree that the FP2 leans toward filmmakers, even though Sigma pitches it as an even split between stills and video.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026

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The Pirates, Meyer said, do not spend all the money they are allotted to sign draft picks.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
The research and design process for the makeup was allotted 18 months prior to principal photography, so Dunckley had the opportunity to get the execution down to a science.

— Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026

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Witt said that following the speech, FBI Director Kash Patel personally assigned the investigation of a list of former agents, including Floris and Benavides, to the FBI's Kansas City field office.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Witt said it was assigned to him through the FBI's chain of command in July, after FBI Director Kash Patel gave the case to the Kansas City field office.

— Sophia Vlahakis, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of assigned

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act even appropriated $40 million for the project.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Some anti-hate groups view the use of the nose emoji as antisemitic, while goy is a term that has been appropriated by those who espouse antisemitic views.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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