mete (out)

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Verb
  • The series is distributed worldwide by Fox Entertainment Global.
    Peter White, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Payments are still distributed on a regular schedule during the shutdown.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In normal times, the agency acts like a loving but diligent parent, dispensing money at regular intervals to insure the kids don’t spend it all at once.
    Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • These sites cut against the stereotypical image of a critic as an expert dispensing a thumbs-up or thumbs-down like a Roman emperor.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Arrington provided several recommendations on how to acquire such a replica.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The governor vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have provided more transparency around the water usage of data centers, which regularly require millions of gallons of fresh water to cool their computers.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When violations occur, numerous fines have been handed out this season, typically announced on Saturday evenings.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Point guard James Harden had a quiet night scoring-wise with five points, but handed out 11 assists.
    Janis Carr, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The onslaught of intensity works, thanks to choices the restaurant makes in portioning (not overlarge) and service (not over-rushed), which gives the palate a bit of time to regroup between happy sighs.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Just as importantly, though, cooks engineer plates that are physically easier to share and more generously portioned.
    Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Discussions have been held about dividing Madrid’s football operations from their business operations and letting speculators invest in the latter — although how (or if) that would work in practice is a moot point.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Most herbaceous perennials that spread or clump can flourish when divided every few years, such as hostas, coneflowers, daylilies, phlox, and bee balm.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lawmakers proposed allocating additional disaster relief funds in the 2025 national budget, and international bodies, including the United Nations, have pledged support to the Philippine government.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lines allocate scarce resources by making people pay with time instead of money, thereby turning patience into a form of currency.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Called the CascadeAdvanced Energy Facility, the project will help reduce Amazon’s carbon emissions, power its operations with clean energy, and supply carbon-free electricity to the grid.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Asian Pacific Fibers x Blocktexx Indonesian polyester filament yarn manufacturer Asian Pacific Fibers has partnered with textile recycling technology company BlockTexx to develop and supply T2T rPET products.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Mete (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mete%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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