given out

past participle of give out
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as in stalled
to stop functioning waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out

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Recent Examples of given out Verbal warnings have been issued for violations since the lanes were completed last month along Forbes Avenue and Fifth Avenue, but starting Thursday, citations will be given out. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The video’s nod also anchors the returning Best Dance category, which was given out regularly for decades starting in 1989, but hasn’t been awarded since 2019. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026 Reflecting the Finnish Film Affair’s ever-expanding collaborations with key European markets to facilitate networking and business opportunities for Finnish and Nordic professionals, an extra four industry awards were given out on Thursday. — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 It is given out by a selection committee of five curators, this year from institutions including the Audain Art Museum, Capture Photography Festival, Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum at Simon Fraser University, and Vancouver Art Gallery. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 After launching its Dunkin’ Diehards Instagram broadcast channel on July 31, Dunkin’ has given out millions of free Refreshers and teased the drop of a million free espresso drinks. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 There’s just a checklist that lists the materials in each work, the titles, and the prices—a radical gesture in a place where prices are generally given out only when asked. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026 Rather than seeding by qualifying time, athletes get to choose their preferred lane in advance, and these are then given out based on world ranking. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Carter was recently named a finalist for the David Prize, an award given out by the Walentas Family Foundation (the same family behind the developer Two Trees) to New Yorkers with ideas for solving local problems. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for given out
Verb
  • On Sunday, Zoo Atlanta announced two giant pandas arrived from China, just days after Xi said Beijing was sending the bears.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • VMAs 2026 Winners The Hollywood Reporter will update the Video Music Awards winners list as they’re announced live.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The jet carries 500,000 times the energy radiated by the sun and explains the mystery of how feeding black holes become such powerful cosmic particle accelerators and generate such high-energy gamma-ray photons.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Joyful noise and other, impolite sounds radiated from the sets oscillating between the two sites.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hezbollah was not a party to the negotiations, and implementation of the agreement has stalled.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But as the 2022 legislative session stretched on, the repeal effort quietly stalled.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The novel, which was never completed, was published in Russia in 1999, and will come out in English for the first time later this year.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The paper, published in the journal Advanced Science, reports a peak power density of about 47 mW/m² and stable electrical output over more than 30,000 operating cycles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The leadership of the Board of Regents is also cast in an unforgiving light.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Plot and casting details remain under wraps, but the project is co-written with Fatrick Tabada (Flower Girl), marking Jadaone’s return to the genre that helped establish her as a local favorite nearly a decade after Love You To The Stars And Back.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Instead, three of those whales have died, along with another Shedd whale that did not come from Marineland.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This was a place that had died, a place where life no longer existed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In August, Chivayo posted a video showing Ruto driving him to a helicopter after attending a traditional engagement ceremony involving the Kenyan president's daughter.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Upon his release, Ross denied any wrongdoing in a video posted to his Instagram Stories.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Viz Media and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) released the material.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Porsche is best known for its traditional sports cars like the 911, but the automaker has released several longroofs over the years, including, over the last decade, variants of the Panamera and Taycan.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Given out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/given%20out. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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