dished out

past tense of dish out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dished out
Verb
  • Voting is underway and will run through July 15 when the awards are handed out.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • Earlier this year, the first award for casting was handed out.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Nigeria is largely divided between Christians in the south and Muslims in the north.
    Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • The technology’s build-out, included planned pipelines, has sparked backlash in rural Louisiana communities and divided the state GOP.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • While facing some of the premier beach volleyball players in the nation, the duo has split their last four matches.
    Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • The last jackpot win came May 2, when two tickets split $20 million, a relatively small prize that reset the game’s steady climb.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 June 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
  • Alyssa Mason, a spokesperson assigned to the Cottonwood Fire, told NPR that crews this weekend had been dealing with single-digit humidity and wind gusts of around 45 miles per hour, on top of fuel moisture readings between 2 and 8 percent.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026
  • Health insurers constantly change their formularies, or list of covered drugs, as well as what tier a drug might be assigned to.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 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 30 Jun. 2026.

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