giving out

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

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Recent Examples of giving out The current setup is giving out debuts like Christmas presents. Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Even ExpressVPN has released its protocol, Lightway, to the public, ensuring transparency by giving out the core codebase. PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025 In the three-part series that Michaels did not participate in, the fitness guru was painted to be harsh on the contestants, giving out caffeine pills to help stimulate rapid weight loss and push contestants to their breaking points. Janelle Ash , Deirdre Heavey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giving out
Verb
  • Heading into 2026, however, there are 36 gubernatorial contests, with Sabato’s Crystal Ball announcing rating shifts for Maine and Iowa on Thursday.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • One woman has drawn worldwide attention after announcing she is engaged to her AI chatbot boyfriend.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Randi Ellis can remember the sounds radiating from the family’s garage early each morning.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Friday night, Boone pulled out every trick in his repertoire, radiating with the intensity of a vaudeville-era star playing to the cheapest seats in the house.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Only action will keep our kids from dying.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Dido’s wonderfully operatic dying curse on her former lover foreshadows the future wars between her people and the descendants of the treacherous Trojans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Agencies consider those comments before publishing any final rule.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Emma has also written for publications including the Observer and The China Project, publishing long-form stories on culture, entertainment, and geopolitics.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Jays left two runners in scoring position with no outs in the third, failing to push the ball out of the infield to earn a lead.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • However, the former fifth-round pick faded over his final couple of years in the Windy City, failing to reach 500 yards receiving in either 2022 or 2023.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But this approach would have also had domestic political repercussions, with influential political and media figures as well as the opposition accusing the government of weakness—and thereby casting India in a poor light not befitting its desire to be a pole in a multipolar world.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Unable to film in Gaza, two-time Oscar nominee Ben Hania reconstructed the Red Crescent call center, casting Palestinian actors as the responders while using Hind’s actual recorded voice at the center of the film.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Huger was charged in March after crashing a vehicle while driving in Potomac, Maryland.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • While relieving himself in the bathroom, a 100-pound bale of marijuana came crashing through the roof into the room the man had just left.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In effect, the central bank is declaring climate not just an environmental threat but a financial hazard that must be priced into core monetary operations.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Elsewhere a group of white residents hold up banners declaring their — and Algeria’s — allegiance to France.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Giving out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giving%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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