as in measures (out)
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Tsangari doles out information cagily, turning over narrative cards with calculated delay, a bare sufficiency that undercuts her world-building in favor of point-making; the just-enough story is also a just-so story.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025 -
Antica Locanda doles out comforting Sicilian dishes, from platters of fresh fish to generous bowls of seafood pasta.—
Michele Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
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But Liam is with her when their family hands out enchiladas and care packages to the homeless — something Liam always asked to do with his McDonald’s Happy Meals.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
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Volunteers with the Havre de Grace Youth Commission hands out free backpacks filled with school supplies during the Refuel for School Youth Festival organized by the commission, in Havre de Grace on Saturday, August 16.—
Brian T. Krista,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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Flowing west from Miller Beach in Gary, the river splits between Hammond and East Chicago — most of its waters heading north to drain into Lake Michigan through the Indiana Harbor, the rest flowing toward Illinois.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The assumption was that when one species splits from another, the two new forms passively evolve away from each other, drifting solo on their evolutionary paths like two untethered buoys at sea.—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Aug. 2025
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That’s not all though; the inside of the bag offers a center zippered compartment, which divides the interior into three separate sections to organize your essentials.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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In a nutshell, OFDMA divides channels into resource units (RUs), allowing for smaller data packets that can be transmitted to multiple users simultaneously.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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Resistant to seeking full-time employment that would exhaust his writing time, Paul instead signs up to a website that assigns one-off menial jobs — yard work, rubble removal, flatpack furniture assembly — to the freelancer willing to work for the lowest possible rate.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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The solution is to create a centralized close playbook that defines every recurring task, assigns clear owners and establishes deadlines.—
Shagun Malhotra,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Dishes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishes%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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