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
Our leadership's answer to being held accountable is to suppress everyone's voices by handing out fines.
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Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Black Girl Vitamins handing out scholarships to young people chasing careers in health.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
At times, the officials handing out honors have been willing to overlook some bad behavior undertaken in the campaign against Castro.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Here are 15 new horror flicks to watch in prep for handing out candy and getting dressed up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
While in Houston, organizers had partnered with Planned Parenthood to set up a booth on the venue grounds with reps handing out condoms.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
The 2027 cap-space landscape will shift across the NBA as teams begin handing out extensions, making trades and signing free agents next summer.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
California cities would not be able to prevent people from handing out food, blankets, hygiene products and other resources to homeless people under a bill passed by the legislature last week, days before the body adjourned for the year.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The city is handing out free sandbags over the weekend to residents.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Black Girl Vitamins handing out scholarships to young people chasing careers in health.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
At times, the officials handing out honors have been willing to overlook some bad behavior undertaken in the campaign against Castro.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Here are 15 new horror flicks to watch in prep for handing out candy and getting dressed up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
While in Houston, organizers had partnered with Planned Parenthood to set up a booth on the venue grounds with reps handing out condoms.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
The 2027 cap-space landscape will shift across the NBA as teams begin handing out extensions, making trades and signing free agents next summer.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
California cities would not be able to prevent people from handing out food, blankets, hygiene products and other resources to homeless people under a bill passed by the legislature last week, days before the body adjourned for the year.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The city is handing out free sandbags over the weekend to residents.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handing out
Verb
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Attorneys for the Justice Department argued that halting the reallocations could delay distributing the funds to other states DHS had identified as higher priority under its new approach.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The project was originally inspired by a brochure, In Case of Emergency or War, which the Ukrainian Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security began distributing to the public a few weeks before the invasion in early 2022.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Arf Pets Memory Training Puzzle Toy is a treat-dispensing activity trainer for pets.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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By settling, the companies can pivot toward dispensing with the work of moderation altogether.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even before she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Alexander Payne’s Nebraska (2002), the 95-year-old actor had been a go-to Everygrandma, doling out enough geriatric sass to make the Golden Girls bow down yet doing so in the most polite, Midwestern way imaginable.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Consider the absurdity of carving a single oozing arancini into three or four pieces, doling out two measly salad leaves each to a foursome, or hacking a pristine fish fillet into chum for five.—
Maggie Hennessy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mario Suarez-Maya, 47, from Mexico, was arrested following two prior DUI charges, three arrests for driving without a license, and an incident of providing a false name to law enforcement.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Master 4’s sensor remains unchanged, still providing smooth and accurate tracking on virtually any surface, with a maximum DPI of 8,000.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Unless Labour, the Greens, and Your Party come to an electoral understanding, their candidates will have to compete with one another, and with other parties, over every seat, dividing the left-leaning vote and potentially allowing Reform or the Conservatives to come out on top.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Oct. 2025
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This industry has become exceptional at dividing us and pitting us against each other.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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The commission would oversee allocating the money to schools and teachers at any city school that complies with requirements for doing the training well.—
Alan J. Borsuk,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The law, passed in the state Legislature this year, allows families to apply for subsidies to attend private school, allocating up to $50 million a year for those tax credits.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Sep. 2025
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