DOLLOPED (OUT) Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

dolloped (out)

verb

past tense of dollop (out)

as in shared (out)

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Then it was brought down again to £10m because of unspecified fines that had apparently already been handed out.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Small Businesses Should Think Long-Term The health of an entrepreneurial ecosystem should not be measured by how many grants are handed out or how many pitch competitions are hosted each year.

— AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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Via a points system, entrants will not only compete for prize money in individual races but also vie for a $5 million prize pool divided up based on the series’ final standings.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Congressional Republicans are headed into the home stretch ahead of a crucial midterm election year bitterly divided over their competing legislative priorities.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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For a long time, the prime real estate for podcast discovery was Apple’s iTunes, where new podcasts were allotted their own row for a week.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Experts say the vast majority of nonprofits cap the amount of vacation time an employee can accrue, most often to one-and-a-half times the vacation hours allotted to them for a single year.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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When asked about the punishment doled out for fumbling the football, which is the ultimate cardinal sin of the sport, De’Von Achane seemingly thought creating one was a good idea, and pledged to get back to the media with an idea.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
The game’s template solidified over the course of four Game Changer installments, doled out once per season until Make Some Noise became a stand-alone show in 2022.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026

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