HANDING OUT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

handing out

verb

present participle of hand out

as in distributing

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals no system yet in place for handing out room assignments

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Recent Examples of handing out Stop handing out eight-year contracts worth $8 million, $9 million, $10 million annually — only to fire the coach three years later and pay him another fortune to go away. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 While handing out water to runners at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, the mayor debuted his new facial hair, shaving his beard off to leave a standalone row of thick black hair above his upper lip. — David MacK, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026 Blocking access to ballot drop boxes, handing out fliers or circulating a petition are also not allowed. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026 If state Senate and House candidates are not on the ballot in various districts, an entire army of volunteers and supporters will not be knocking on doors and handing out fliers for those local candidates and other Republicans on the ballot. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026 Bonci said at her household, her family will be handing out chocolate, because no one wants to go to the dietitian's house and get a baby carrot. — John Shumway, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 For more than 20 years, Russell Stover employees have celebrated Halloween by dressing in costume and handing out candy to neighborhood trick-or-treaters at the company’s headquarters at 4900 Oak Street. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026 After handing out seven assists, Randle was still looking for ways to get teammates involved. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 This doesn’t mean setting up specific rooms to have hot flashes in or handing out tiny fans to everyone over 50. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026

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Indian regulators ordered Sun Pharmaceutical to stop manufacturing, selling and distributing ophthalmic products made at its Assam facility after finding failure in its quality management system, Reuters reported.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
States and the National Guard already mostly handle the nuts and bolts of clearing debris, making rescues, distributing food and water and so on.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of distributing

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Multiple bulk containers of sauces and dips in walk-in cooler nearest back loading area have unhandled utensils present in product for dispensing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Artist Caro Yanez is bridging that gap for Charlotte creators with a new micro-gallery dispensing local artwork instead of potato chips.

— Chase Jordan October 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of dispensing

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Kim can allay some frustrations by doling out luxury apartments, promotions, and access to extravagant lifestyles.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Meet Bears of Anan Creek The United StatesThe Forest Service team at Tongass National Forest are currently doling out the Anan Bear Awards to the 39 bears spotted at the Anan Wildlife Observatory in Tongass National Forest.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of doling out

Verb

It can also be used during short daytime naps, providing real-time acoustic guidance during sleep onset.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
With online servers providing the structure for a living and evolving universe where players fought, traded, and created empires from scratch, its limited visual presentation was no issue.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of providing

Verb

Under this concept, armed forces aim to coordinate multiple VICTOR drones into autonomous swarms capable of dividing surveillance, reconnaissance, and transport missions in real time.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
James, always an exacting rhythmic engineer, was now dividing the beat into fragments tiny enough to push at the very edge of rhythm itself.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of dividing

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Sports organizations are understandably allocating substantial resources to AI infrastructure and applications … in large part to get at the data sets that sports fans generate.

— Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
The question relates to increasing property taxes for the purpose of allocating more money to the fire protection district.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

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