as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
no system yet in place for handing out room assignments
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Recent Examples of handout
Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
On the contrary, Google's lawyers said, this would hurt the market, dampen innovation and give the company's competitors an unfair handout.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
There have been numerous fines handed out this year, and there have been more handed out after Week 7.
—Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Once again, the fair will feature handouts of free Purity brand chocolate or regular milk inside the grain silo at the AGitivity Farm and a bunch of entertainment and fair staples.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
On the contrary, Google's lawyers said, this would hurt the market, dampen innovation and give the company's competitors an unfair handout.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
The actress won a Special Tony Award for Best Newcomer for her Broadway debut, For Love or Money, in 1947 — the first year that the theater awards, then called the Antoinette Perry Awards, were handed out.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
There have been numerous fines handed out this year, and there have been more handed out after Week 7.
—Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handout
Verb
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The affected chicken products were distributed nationwide to food service locations.—
Amber Brenza,
Health,
27 Oct. 2025
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The food bank and its over 400 community partners around the state, who rely almost entirely on donations from Idaho companies and residents to distribute food, serve hundreds of thousands of the state’s residents each month.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the booklets for the cassette and the double-CD package had to be made to work on a much smaller scale.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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From McDonald’s with its Boo Buckets to Wendy’s and its coupon booklets, restaurants are offering Halloween ways to collect treats as well as items to help fill buckets.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Bontrager, housing and public services manager for the city of Elk Grove, said the county has been making presentations to local jurisdictions.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The campaign features an eclectic cast such as Linda Fargo, senior vice president, women’s fashion and director of store presentation at Bergdorf’s; Willy Chavarria; Maggie Maurer; Cacho Falcon; TK and Cipriana Quann; Quentin Jones, and Bernard Maisner.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In-use food dispensing utensils not properly stored (falafel scooper stored in container of water on counter).—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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But suburban newspapers, which dispense local business and social news by and large, offer far less hope for a revitalized press than metropolitan dailies.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The group gathered at Sures’ home and vandalized it, leaving red handprints and caution tape on his garage door and scattering pamphlets on his front lawn.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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The local newspaper—where Macy was once a paper girl—has been reduced to a glorified pamphlet.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ranked as the 24th wealthiest family in America, their contributions to Louisville are estimated to be over $1 billion.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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The men’s golf club also joined in, spreading the word and encouraging contributions for a chance to win the donated driver.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Target leans back towards DEI Target last week highlighted its partnership with the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs that provides education and other services to Black founders of small businesses.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Upcycling solid wastes This technique provides a versatile, scalable, and efficient strategy for upcycling solid wastes into high-performance materials for environmental and energy catalysis, as per the study.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Handout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handout. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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