shared (out)

verb

Definition of shared (out)next
past tense of share (out)
as in handed out

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  1. handed out
  2. measured
  3. doled out
  4. divided
  5. split
  6. dispensed
  7. administered
  8. dealt
Verb
  • Volunteers handed out 550 backpacks filled with school supplies, while barbers and stylists provided about 100 free haircuts.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Other suspensions Pearce was one of four suspensions the NFL handed out Friday.
    — Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of handed out
Verb
  • Annual inflation in the country — measured over the 12-month period leading up to July — stands at 66%, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This adds up to one the worst housing markets in decades, as measured by housing starts and turnover.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of measured
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  • Chinese funds are also doled out on an ad hoc basis with little transparency.
    — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The billionaire philanthropist, novelist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has doled out more than $26 billion to charity during the past few years, but has done so without much fanfare.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of doled out
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  • Men’s domestic cricket in Pakistan, aside from a brief spell from 2019 to 2023 while former Test captain Imran Khan was the country’s prime minister and instigated change, is divided between teams from regions and departments.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Customer data, inventory visibility, budgets, and decision rights should not remain divided by channel.
    — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • While Sebastiaan Bornauw was staying wide on the right of the back three, Trafford came out to split Tarik Muharemovic and Jaka Bijol, offering them a passing option.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The admission, an aside in a wide-ranging interview, raised eyebrows in the recovery community given the star’s very public embrace of sobriety after joining a 12-step program following his 2016 split from wife Angelina Jolie.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
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  • That’s the takeaway from an incident in the small city of Chuzhou, China, after a large langue model dispensed some advice that led to the untimely death of 25 acres worth of produce.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The clarifying agent can be dispensed into the water via the app while the robot is making its rounds, and it is designed to help keep your pool water sparkling.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispensed
Verb
  • Trump calls for supplanting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine by individual vaccines for each disease, administered at separate physician visits.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The vaccine has been administered in a single dose for more than 40 years and has been rigorously studied.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of administered
Verb
  • The Pats were dealt a tough blow Thursday when Brown suffered an injury that forced his removal from the game.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Hathaway was dealt the unenviable task of embodying director James Gray’s mother in Armageddon Time, an autobiographical drama based on his childhood.
    — Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
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“Shared (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shared%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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