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noun

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Recent Examples of hand out
Verb
Vice President of Academic Affairs Susan Campos handed out the honors. Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025 But his speech contained a warning, too, that any medicine that works so broadly and so well runs the risk of being handed out too often. Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
Noun
If embraced by the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the bill would gut long-standing government handouts for going electric. Ashley Nunes, Boston Herald, 7 June 2025 Video on Telegram and from SBU handout show the damage to planes and airfields at undisclosed locations across Russia after Ukraine launched a surprise drone attack at four bases that destroyed 41 planes. Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hand out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand out
Verb
  • Additional support in Smart Wing Tec distributes breast weight evenly, reducing pressure points.
    Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Instead, the only surviving claim in this case concerns Meta's controversial torrenting of books to train Llama, which authors have so far successfully alleged may have violated copyright laws by distributing their works as part of the torrenting process.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Handmade booklets piled up on table after table, forming vast paper topographies of politics and activism and culture.
    C. Brandon Ogbunu, Wired News, 16 June 2025
  • The stamp is available in booklets and panes of 20, and coils of 100, 3,000, and 10,000 at post offices and online through the Postal Service.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Now, the government plans to finish its presentation on Monday, which means the defense will get to call its own witnesses beginning Tuesday.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 20 June 2025
  • The Biennial also features a presentation of paintings from the Gardena High School Art Collection, an assemblage of California Impressionism that began in 1919, and a program curated by present-day teenagers of works drawn from the Orange County Museum of Art collection. Saturday through Jan. 4.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Gi-hun’s Kill Count Plenty of players are content to dispense with societal decorum and start fully murdering each other in the Games — but not Gi-hun.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
  • Now, Israel may be happy to dispense with its Patriots without acknowledgment.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Earlier, Kingston was part of the Communist Party’s vigorous defense of the Scottsboro Boys in Alabama, and authored a 1941 pamphlet on abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
    John Birdsall June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • The society published a periodical called the Advocate of Moral Reform, as well as pamphlets addressed to upper-class audiences.
    Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, the amount of money people believe is in the account—whether the total is based solely on the initial $1,000 deposit or on additional contributions—will be less than the actual balance.
    Noreen Sugrue, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Co-produced by Lorde and Jim-E Stack, Virgin also features contributions from Daniel Nigro, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Blood Orange’s Devonté Hynes, Fabiana Palladino, Buddy Ross, and Inc.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Certainly this is true of telecommunications companies, as well as those providing utilities such as water and electricity.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
  • The federal law, known as EMTALA, requires that emergency rooms provide care to anyone who arrives at that door, regardless of their ability to pay or any other extenuating circumstances.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Think less like a brochure, and more like a smart rep answering real customer questions.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The business model appeared solid on paper and in the many brochures and videos the company pushed out, promising to take control of all aspects of what can be a difficult home-construction process.
    Jeff Mcdonald, Mercury News, 13 June 2025

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