share (out)

verb

Definition of share (out)next
as in to hand out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for share (out)
  1. hand out
  2. deal
  3. dole out
  4. split
  5. portion
  6. measure
  7. dispense
  8. divide
Verb
  • Dream guard Jordin Canada handed out her 227th assist of the season.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Not simply to attend career fairs or hand out brochures but to give students real exposure to industries, career paths and professionals.
    — Valerie Mcgehee, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hand out
Verb
  • Hernandez’s comments came hours after the 49-66 Mets dealt numerous players away in return for minor-league prospects.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The team reportedly were in trade talks with the Connecticut Sun for Annesah Morrow before the forward got dealt to Toronto.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of deal
Verb
  • Although the film doles out answers, there is some economical hand-waving about why the neighborhood has power and running water for so long.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Online, influencers in the looksmaxxing space have leveraged other men's insecurities to enormous fame while doling out aesthetic advice with little, if any, credentials.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dole out
Verb
  • As Ford Field Park is being set up with fun rides, Dearborn residents are split over the new curfew rule.
    — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Now the county is split among three districts that extend outward like spokes into rural areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • The roasted chiles, cleaned or not, can be portioned into zip-top or vacuum seal bags and frozen for up to two years.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Buttery and flaky, these individual strawberry desserts are perfectly portioned for your next cookout.
    — Brennan Long, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Definition of portion
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  • The team deployed two high-altitude balloons with light sensors and 31 weather balloons to measure temperature, pressure, wind speed and humidity.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Everything the team knows about how fast the plasma is actually moving comes from the simulations rather than from the telescope, and the magnetic field driving the whole thing has never been measured directly at this scale.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of measure
Verb
  • Instead, the provider manages gas sourcing, compression, transportation, storage, and dispensing through a single service.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Utilities use them to trip the opening or closing of valves when water levels reach a certain threshold or to dispense precise amounts of chlorine in the treatment process.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispense
Verb
  • Taking a break from slinging hamburgers during the weekend lunch rush, Darlene Dumond acknowledged that Allagash remains divided on Jackson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • No distributions were ever made by the Children's Trust to any of its beneficiaries, and the beneficial shares of that trust were not divided into separate shares for each of the beneficiaries as was also required by the 2020 amendment.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of divide
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“Share (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/share%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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