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
Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
In the decades that the Recording Academy has handed out Best Pop Vocal Album – a category that initially launched in 1968, then disappeared for nearly 30 years, and which has been running since the mid-1990s – no musician has snagged back-to-back trophies.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Elizabeth Prann, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2026
Ray Andrew Walters is seen in three separate handout photos from police in Colorado.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
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Verb
Eve delivered a verse that many fans still consider the heart of the song, yet her name wasn’t listed in the album credits at the time, leaving her out of the celebration when the award was first handed out.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
In the decades that the Recording Academy has handed out Best Pop Vocal Album – a category that initially launched in 1968, then disappeared for nearly 30 years, and which has been running since the mid-1990s – no musician has snagged back-to-back trophies.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
This handout will make raising a family, buying a house or running a business more expensive.
—Elizabeth Prann, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2026
Ray Andrew Walters is seen in three separate handout photos from police in Colorado.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand out
Verb
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Our focus is on complying in a way that distributes affordable housing projects throughout the county.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Mix steak and cheese a bit to distribute cheese, then arrange over bottom half of bread.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In addition to buying and assembling the new bikes to fit each student, Lions and volunteers also gave each student a bike lock, a safety instruction booklet, a tire pump, and a helmet.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The filing brings to an end an unusual saga that shocked Georgia’s political world after cameras captured Durand enter the PSC hearing room during a recess before taking the booklet from the commission’s downtown Atlanta offices.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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When the art department’s comps are ready for presentation, jacket meetings are held.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Since the series' massive success, both stars have been making the rounds on a lengthy press tour, late night talk show appearances, a presentation at the Golden Globes and even carrying the Olympic torch for the upcoming Milan games.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2026
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One out of two faucets were unable to dispense hot water at the bar’s ware washing sink.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After the election of a neofascist politician named Derek Beackon to the local council in 1993, the LPA released a pamphlet with the headline nazi occultists seize omphalos.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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While the photos on the pamphlets are anodyne—cheerful workers on assembly lines—the text offers a dire warning of looming job cuts, accusing Germany’s traditional unions of selling out workers.—
William Wilkes,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This has a better chance of safeguarding the duty‑free retail model and ensuring policymakers understand the channel’s economic contribution.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Which means Google is on the hook for precisely zero dollars — though any contribution at all is subject to the company’s goodwill.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The military leader of the West African country has accused the presidents of France, Benin and Ivory Coast of supporting the armed group behind the attack, without providing any evidence to support the claim.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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The Giants have provided a statement from Tisch addressing the emails.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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That’s a pitch that could have been reprinted from any glossy brochure to work at McKinsey, Facebook, or Rio Tinto Mining (as Libby, a Stanford grad, is surely aware).—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2026
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Volcanic specks mushroom up from topaz seas, like a real estate brochure for The Man With The Golden Gun.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Hand out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20out. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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