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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
Barely 24 hours after LaMelo Ball’s play on Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo, the NBA handed out its discipline for the act.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
To that end, Vancouver handed out nearly $200 million in total contractual commitments to veteran players like Brock Boeser, Kevin Lankinen, Thatcher Demko, Marcus Pettersson, Drew O’Connor and Conor Garland between January and July 2025.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Dozens of people handed out candles and hugged one another as stories were shared.
—Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Peacock has handed out a second-season order for The ‘Burbs, the series-length reboot of the 1989 cult classic starring Tom Hanks.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
And a pair of honorary Palmes will be handed out, to Barbra Streisand and to Peter Jackson.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Dan Da Dan Season 2, Gachiakuta, My Hero Academia final season, Takopi’s Original Sin, The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 and The Summer Hikaru Died will vie for the marquee Anime of the Year prize, which will be handed out during a May 23 ceremony in Tokyo.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
The foundation helps the library with programming costs and sponsorships like the canvas bags that were handed out at the summer reading program.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 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.
—Tassanee Vejpongsa, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
To that end, Vancouver handed out nearly $200 million in total contractual commitments to veteran players like Brock Boeser, Kevin Lankinen, Thatcher Demko, Marcus Pettersson, Drew O’Connor and Conor Garland between January and July 2025.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Dozens of people handed out candles and hugged one another as stories were shared.
—Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Peacock has handed out a second-season order for The ‘Burbs, the series-length reboot of the 1989 cult classic starring Tom Hanks.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
And a pair of honorary Palmes will be handed out, to Barbra Streisand and to Peter Jackson.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Dan Da Dan Season 2, Gachiakuta, My Hero Academia final season, Takopi’s Original Sin, The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 and The Summer Hikaru Died will vie for the marquee Anime of the Year prize, which will be handed out during a May 23 ceremony in Tokyo.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
The foundation helps the library with programming costs and sponsorships like the canvas bags that were handed out at the summer reading program.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 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.
—Tassanee Vejpongsa, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handed out
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Housing staff are expected to create an online dashboard and heat map using data to track how funding is distributed, geographic areas where outreach and services are being provided, and a breakdown of where such services are being provided in-person or virtually by council district.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The film, whose producers include Wim Wenders, is distributed in Germany and Switzerland by DCM.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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Ernesto was an activist who dispensed food and medicine in Salvadoran refugee camps.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The need for the list took on new urgency in 2012, when more than 60 people died from fungal meningitis infections contracted from a drug produced at a compounding facility and dispensed to hundreds of people.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
3 Apr. 2026
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Scalping tickets wasn’t new, of course, but Kahn believed that its formalization online provided sports teams, and other entertainment businesses, with valuable information about demand that could enable them to make more money without alienating their most loyal fans.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the endorsement in a safe Democratic district is unlikely to attract the major expenditures and outreach that UNITE HERE has provided in battleground states and districts.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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In Budapest ahead of the vote, people were divided on whether Orbán’s long political rule could really come to an end.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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However, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski indicated the situation is ultimately about federal funding decisions and how resources are allocated.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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India’s Constitution mandates that parliamentary seats be allocated by population and revised after each census.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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