dished out

past tense of dish out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dished out
Verb
  • The award is handed out to the most outstanding amateur baseball player in the nation.
    Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • The Hollywood Reporter came out on top at the 68th Southern California Journalism Awards, which were handed out at a gala ceremony Sunday night at the the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
    Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
  • Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The result is uncommon room layouts like the tri-suite king room equipped with two twin-sized beds and a king bed split by a privacy divider that doubles as a playful art installation.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Cutright, who was not charged with murder, split from Devastating Pyrotechnics to form Blackstar Fireworks on the property in 2023.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • For many years, generic drugs have accounted for roughly 90% of the prescriptions doled out to Americans thanks to their lower cost.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 June 2026
  • Another 85,000 tickets were doled out to fans who could watch the event on giant screens from The Ellipse.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • This thing is seriously massive, featuring way too many goodies to list in the space allotted here.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • Others also questioned how much time was allotted for those opposing the project, such as Flojaune Cofer, who is running to replace Serna on the board and appears likely to advance to the November general election.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Zoe McCurnin, a lead animal control officer, was assigned to the case.
    Velvet Wu July 1, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • For the employees assigned to institutions slated for closure, the uncertainty surrounding transfers, relocations, or the loss of local employment only adds to those challenges.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • According to Dallas, City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert may negotiate pre-development agreements on prospective sites and has appropriated up to $3 million in funds for that work.
    Jack Fink, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Federal officials have allocated millions of dollars to the project through the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, while Congress appropriated $40 million last year to purchase statues.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
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“Dished out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dished%20out. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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