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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Individual schools will determine how much will be distributed to each team.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025 -
What to Know Retirement checks are distributed throughout the month, based on the recipient's birth date and the duration of their benefit payments.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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One thing guests can and should get for free around World Showcase is ice water, available anywhere dispensed sodas are sold.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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Many of the universe's heavier elements, including oxygen, were forged within these stars through nuclear reactions and dispensed into space upon their deaths, where they were later incorporated into the next generation of stars.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The man took off his cloak and made a blanket of it, but the cloak was thin and threadbare and provided little warmth.—
Karen Zautyk,
New York Daily News,
24 Dec. 2024
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The payment will be direct deposited into the bank account provided on the eligible person's 2023 tax return or mailed to the address of record.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
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As a volunteer at the campus in his high school days, Rowland strongly favored keeping the facility running and later allocated millions in state money that was matched even further by additional millions in federal money.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the remaining funding to be allocated as loans to clean energy companies is on hold.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Doled out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doled%20out. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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