as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
no system yet in place for handing out room assignments
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Recent Examples of handed out
After the record was certified, volunteers handed out the sandwiches to travelers, airport workers and Transportation Security Administration staff, who have been working without pay during the government shutdown.
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Tassanee Vejpongsa, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
After the record was certified, volunteers handed out the sandwiches to travelers, airport workers and Transportation Security Administration staff, who have been working without pay during the government shutdown.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
The Oscars have been handed out, the after-parties over.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Two days before he was shot, Fears played 21 minutes and handed out 10 assists.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter believes that trophies are earned, not handed out to everyone for participating.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The campaigning is over, the press is done and all the trophies have been handed out.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Headlining the Collegiate awards to be handed out will be University of Miami head coach Mario Cristobal, the College Coach of the Year recipient after leading the Hurricanes to the brink of a national championship.
—Bill Daley, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
That didn’t stop Annie, a mix of Staffordshire bull terrier, black mouth cur and Siberian husky, from sharing in the treats being handed out by Phoenix’s owner Maribel Gonzalez.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Tassanee Vejpongsa, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
After the record was certified, volunteers handed out the sandwiches to travelers, airport workers and Transportation Security Administration staff, who have been working without pay during the government shutdown.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
The Oscars have been handed out, the after-parties over.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Two days before he was shot, Fears played 21 minutes and handed out 10 assists.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter believes that trophies are earned, not handed out to everyone for participating.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The campaigning is over, the press is done and all the trophies have been handed out.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Headlining the Collegiate awards to be handed out will be University of Miami head coach Mario Cristobal, the College Coach of the Year recipient after leading the Hurricanes to the brink of a national championship.
—Bill Daley, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
That didn’t stop Annie, a mix of Staffordshire bull terrier, black mouth cur and Siberian husky, from sharing in the treats being handed out by Phoenix’s owner Maribel Gonzalez.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handed out
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Organizers have distributed petition sheets to more than 100 volunteers and are asking that those volunteers turn in their pages to a group leader by Sunday.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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The international aid is usually distributed free of charge by the state through the network of stores that Cubans use to buy food, except in cases where a donor specifies that a shipment should have a specific destination, such as medicine for hospitals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The federal government ultimately paid more than $6 million for prescription drugs that were never dispensed, according to the DOJ.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Or a slightly shorter series that dispensed with the preamble, but gave the real meat of the story more room to breathe?—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Officers worked to free the trapped passenger and provided medical aid until other EMS personnel and rescue crews arrived.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But Republican supermajorities in the House and Senate find themselves at a familiar impasse, bitterly divided over which approach to take.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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That’s leaving defense tech firms divided over whether to hike capacity to win deals and risk profitability, or hold off and potentially miss opportunities.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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It’s not been allocated to another project.—
Desiree Mathurin
March 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Miami Herald reached out to the Department of Homeland Security to ask about whether the document corresponds to payments allocated or already disbursed.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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