Example Sentences
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Verb
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Our leadership's answer to being held accountable is to suppress everyone's voices by handing out fines.—
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
Verb
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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
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“Measuring (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measuring%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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