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 Customers will be able to celebrate the unofficial annual holiday with a collectible, reusable holiday cup, which will be given out for free with the purchase of any handcrafted holiday beverage, the coffeehouse chain added. Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025 LaCombe’s contract is the largest the Ducks have given out in total compensation, supplanting the eight-year, $69-million deal with Corey Perry in 2013. Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Project Runway season 21 has crowned its winner — and given out its major prize. Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 But because body cameras have not yet been distributed across all of ICE, the requirements only apply to officers in places where the cameras have been given out. Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025 Chicago has never given out a deal close to the $400 million or $500 million that Tucker is projected. Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 New weapons and gear can be given out as treasure or be set up as the oot to be stolen from the powerful. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Since 2010, the city of Aurora has given out over $23 million in grants to help the community in ways ranging from expanding affordable housing to supporting local museums. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 The agency went through a force reduction and Noem placed a tighter grip on grants given out by the agency. Luke Barr, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for given out
Verb
  • Yet, even in 2025—eighteen years after the publication of the last book in the series, fourteen years after the release of its last film, and several years after Rowling first announced her gender-critical politics—the popularity of Potter’s magical world endures.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Louisiana Fish Fry, the makers behind many delicious Cajun and Creole cooking products, just announced the launch of a new Dark Roux Gumbo Base, creating a premium, yet quick and convenient, solution for home chefs.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sting from the loss radiated off of him during his postgame news conference.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The woman was visibly trembling and radiated the metallic scent of tequila.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the initiative stalled for three years, largely due to City Council rules and changes in the City Council office that represents the area, said Harris and a spokesperson for current Councilmember Henry Foster III.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Without the work of Garver engineers, who designed the memorial on their own time free of charge, and Kinco Constructors who volunteered to build it at cost, the project could have stalled, according to Tudor.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The details of the team’s research were published in the journal Communication Physics.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bronstein, her every utterance brimming with deadpan passive-aggression, was shrewd to cast herself as one of Linda’s many antagonists.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The pair met after being cast in a production of Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival when Preston was in her mid-to-late 20s and Emerson was nearing 40, Preston explained.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The comments come more than nine months after her husband, Jeff Baena, died at 47.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fellow comedy legend Carl Reiner, who played the wily Saul Bloom in all three Ocean's movies, died in June 2020 at age 98 from natural causes, leaving behind a career that netted him 11 Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a video statement posted on X, Lapid also thanked Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Marco Rubio and Tony Blair for their efforts.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Musk posted, along with a user video of the Starship debris raining down near the Atlantic Ocean.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The identities of the two boys and their cause of death were not immediately released, but foul play is not suspected, according to WFAA.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fans across the globe are now accusing her of using AI in her promotional videos, which were released in the form of a scavenger hunt on Google this weekend.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Given out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/given%20out. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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