as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
she doles out office supplies as if she were paying for them out of her own pocket
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Recent Examples of doled out
The festivities kick off with an early-afternoon red carpet before the bulk of the awards are doled out during the Premiere Ceremony.
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Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026
No formal punishment was ever doled out to the players.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The 49ers doled out the requisite compliments to the Seahawks, Darnold and their defense.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
Readers of the Herald’s reports on public payroll fat cats are familiar with the lofty salaries doled out at the University of Massachusetts, aka The One Percent.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Bessent told the outlet that if refunds are in order, they’d be doled out over time—weeks, months or even over a year—not right away.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
Musk scored another huge windfall two weeks ago when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a decision that deprived him of a $55 billion pay package that Tesla doled out in 2018.
—Paul Harloff, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
Another sticker is doled out for each touchdown a player completes, and particularly spectacular plays also warrant a decal.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
More than 8,800 city of San Diego retirees — a record number — recently got a controversial year-end retirement bonus that gets doled out when the investment portfolio of the city’s pension system has a strong year.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026
No formal punishment was ever doled out to the players.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The 49ers doled out the requisite compliments to the Seahawks, Darnold and their defense.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
Readers of the Herald’s reports on public payroll fat cats are familiar with the lofty salaries doled out at the University of Massachusetts, aka The One Percent.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Bessent told the outlet that if refunds are in order, they’d be doled out over time—weeks, months or even over a year—not right away.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
Musk scored another huge windfall two weeks ago when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a decision that deprived him of a $55 billion pay package that Tesla doled out in 2018.
—Paul Harloff, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
Another sticker is doled out for each touchdown a player completes, and particularly spectacular plays also warrant a decal.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
More than 8,800 city of San Diego retirees — a record number — recently got a controversial year-end retirement bonus that gets doled out when the investment portfolio of the city’s pension system has a strong year.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doled out
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Points will be distributed only for top-10 finishes and ties, compared with other tours that have smaller fields and leave out only the bottom finishers.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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In a non-reversionary fund, according to the Superior Court of Orange County, all awarded settlement funds are distributed to the class members, rather than some settlements in which unused funds might revert to the defendant.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
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Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2026
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Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana programs across Europe vary greatly but most only allow cannabis products to be dispensed through pharmacies.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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At a time when the British elite remained fixated with Latin and Greek, the modern languages provided generations of Irishmen and women with one way of countering Anglocentrism within Irish cultural life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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All detainees are being provided with proper medical care.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Now that the dust has settled on an Africa Cup of Nations final that will be remembered for years, African soccer’s governing body has handed out punishments for the chaos that ensued.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Demonstrators without masks wretched in the streets as volunteers handed out bottles of water to flush their eyes.—
Tim Sullivan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Best Score was divided between musicals and dramas, and some craft categories between black-and-white and color, so there was no way a film could have been nominated for everything.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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The company spent three days last week building the final version of the structure, which is divided into sections on rails so it can be assembled and taken apart without doing so over the rink itself.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Management said as much on the earnings call Wednesday evening, signaling that if the company had allocated all its GPUs that came online to Azure, year over year cloud revenue growth would have been 40% instead of the supply constrained 38% on a constant currency basis.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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If Microsoft had allocated all new GPUs from the first and second quarters exclusively to Azure, Hood stated, Azure’s growth would have been well above the 39% Microsoft reported.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Doled out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doled%20out. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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