DOLLOPED (OUT) Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

dolloped (out)

verb

past tense of dollop (out)

as in shared (out)

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Although fines and suspended bans have been handed out to clubs, and some boys have been frozen out of the game for months until being cleared, few transfers have ever been banned by the five-step process.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Some of the top contenders are already coming into the ceremony as winners after the first round of awards were handed out earlier this month.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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The large-scale protests might have signaled to Beijing that the Hong Kong public was becoming more politically divided and that Tung was losing control.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Like the public writ large, the House of Representatives and the Senate are divided so deeply that Americans don’t have confidence in their ability to make hard choices.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026

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Vimeo is launching its second annual Short Film Grant Program, doubling last year’s prize pool to $300,000 to be split among five emerging filmmakers.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Upon hitting South America, the Kelvin wave splits into two, one heading north, toward California, and the other heading south.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, which covers an area just outside New Orleans and was allotted the highest amount — nearly $4 million through 2025 — did not respond to more than a dozen calls and emails.

— Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
For example, the original plan by the department’s consultant assumed that the park would have access to a sewer main and allotted about $76,000 for a routine sewer connection.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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The thousands of emergency responders had, as of Wednesday morning, doled out medical treatment to at least 4,070 people throughout several districts as of early Wednesday, officials said.

— Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Before Tuesday's vote, the punishment has been doled out just 28 other times.

— Claudia Grisales, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

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