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as in announced
to make known openly or publicly
that's information that I'm not prepared to give out
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as in cast
to throw or give off
this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes
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as in died
to stop functioning
waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out
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Recent Examples of gave out
The new rings are here The Dodgers gave out World Series rings on Friday.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
During Ramadan, officials at the mosque gave out free meals to the community to break the daily fast, feeding more than 25,000 people over the last 30 days, Khouraki said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
Paloscio said Dandrea and his wife were one of the only local households that still gave out candy on Halloween.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Thursday, though, people all over the building were wearing the Gilbert Arenas-era gold-and-black throwbacks the team gave out in a promotion.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
One category — whether the township gave out poor relief to residents in 2023 and 2024 — is weighted more heavily than others.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
The market gave out free soup to customers.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
So, Curtis, Burger King’s president, gave out his phone number last Tuesday and is taking calls for two weeks.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
That’s down to seven after Pablo López’s right elbow gave out on the day of the first full-squad workout.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
During Ramadan, officials at the mosque gave out free meals to the community to break the daily fast, feeding more than 25,000 people over the last 30 days, Khouraki said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
Paloscio said Dandrea and his wife were one of the only local households that still gave out candy on Halloween.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Thursday, though, people all over the building were wearing the Gilbert Arenas-era gold-and-black throwbacks the team gave out in a promotion.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
One category — whether the township gave out poor relief to residents in 2023 and 2024 — is weighted more heavily than others.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
The market gave out free soup to customers.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
So, Curtis, Burger King’s president, gave out his phone number last Tuesday and is taking calls for two weeks.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
That’s down to seven after Pablo López’s right elbow gave out on the day of the first full-squad workout.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gave out
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Wells Fargo is giving a total of $6 million to six nonprofits to bolster housing access, job training and small businesses in west Charlotte, the banking giant announced Tuesday morning.—
Chase Jordan
April 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Another key starter has announced their plans to return to TCU men’s basketball next season.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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While the lunar far side will be only partially lit during the flyby, the lighting is set to cast long shadows that highlight craters, ridges, and slopes in greater detail.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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After some rain earlier in the day, a magnificent sunset broke through the clouds and cast a rainbow into the sky.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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Merriweather’s office has dismissed about 106 homicide charges since 2020 — not including charges in which a defendant died, pleaded guilty, or wasn’t mentally competent to stand trial.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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One person has died, and two people are missing after a partial collapse at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia parking garage under construction in the city's Grays Ferry neighborhood Wednesday.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Uncollected Letters of Virginia Woolf, weighing in at a thousand pages and containing over 1,400 letters (additions to the 3,766 letters that were published in six volumes, edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann, between 1975 and 1980), is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Gabapentin has proved effective at helping some mastectomy patients with stubborn pain, while others have responded to electrodes implanted in their spinal column, according to the Baylor study, published in 2024.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Individual awards such as Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Coach of the Year will be released throughout the week.—
Charles Baggarly
April 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
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Captain has been released from jail after a judge set bail at $250,000, and he is set to enter a plea on April 9, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Parker said a subcontractor working at the parking garage was in the process of installing precast concrete flooring, decking and roofing segments, and one of them failed.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The implication is that she got distracted and failed to notice the most important things.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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In February, Panama’s government seized control of the Balboa and Cristobal ports after the country’s Supreme Court declared earlier that a concession allowing the Panama Ports Company to run the ports was unconstitutional.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The building was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1989.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the following months, painful shocks radiated through her chest and back.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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In the Project Hail Mary universe, all life in our solar system’s sector of the Milky Way comes from an ancient ancestor of Astrophage that long ago radiated out from Tau Ceti, Weir says.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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