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 hand out
Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 May 2026
With Millennium Docs simultaneously unspooling across seven Polish cities, several awards were also handed out at the festival’s satellite venues.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026
Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
Newsrooms receive compensation for a real commercial exchange, not a government handout.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Weeks later, Nelson recalls organizing a backyard block party on Syracuse’s South Side, handing out school supplies to underprivileged children who might otherwise go without them.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 May 2026
With Millennium Docs simultaneously unspooling across seven Polish cities, several awards were also handed out at the festival’s satellite venues.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026
Noun
At a lecture at Aarhus University in 2015, Bar-Natan distributed a handout describing his goals.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
Newsrooms receive compensation for a real commercial exchange, not a government handout.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand out
Verb
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Her husband, Souksavath Noi Keomisy, pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony federal charges of conspiracy to possess the drug ecstasy with the intent to distribute.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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Half of the settlement amount will be distributed directly to county, city, and township governments, with the rest distributed to the state for drug prevention services.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Behind her sat a cellist and a violinist, both women hired for the MTV appearance; the other Maniacs appeared only in photos inside the CD booklet.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
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Every Tiki Social guest can take home a booklet of recipes to try these exotic drinks at home.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Noun
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While eating at the company cafe after the presentation, Otone and Kensuke meet a child version of a humanoid who’s been brought back to REbirth HQ for maintenance.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
17 May 2026
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In a presentation for young athletes — and for the pro teams and college athletic departments that might invite him to speak — Stripling’s firm uses his story of a baseball prospect that got a $900,000 up-front payment and spent the $500,000 after taxes on a red Lamborghini.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Authorities often dispensed empty promises that projects would be replaced with better structures, ones less vulnerable to crime, damp and black mold, and not flawed by the kind of dangerous cost-cutting construction that led to London’s Grenfell Tower burning down in 2017, killing 72 people.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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About 3,000 gas stations, or 2 percent nationally, are equipped to dispense E15 gas, according to the EPA.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
22 May 2026
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The pamphlets were found on front lawns at homes along Cass Boulevard, Henley Avenue and Oxford and Wiltshire roads.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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That specific recruitment offer appeared on pamphlets distributed at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, according to Bloomberg.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Though OpenAI was making progress on research and development, Musk had demanded that Altman and other co-founders, including Brockman and Ilya Sutskever, make a list of employees and their key contributions, and fire everyone who didn't immediately make the grade, filings show.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Because those contributions are deducted at the 37% rate, the IRS subsidizes another $8,510.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
Verb
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The supple Italian leather, sugarcane midsole, and durable TPR outsoles are designed to provide hours of comfort and long-lasting wear on those warm summer days.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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For summer-flowering perennials that provide plenty of nectar, consider rudbeckia, purple coneflower, bee balm, milkweed and penstemon, as well as some non-native plants such as catmint and lavender.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Since then, the school’s social work and human services program has used the money to hire an instructional assistant, create brochures, update learning material for students and host community information sessions, professor Brandy Jones-Thomas said.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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The second is to treat their website as a decision-making tool rather than just a digital brochure.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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“Hand out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20out. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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