sharing (out)

verb

present participle of share (out)
as in handing out

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  1. handing out
  2. doling out
  3. measuring
  4. dealing
  5. splitting
  6. dividing
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  • They were pushed by the group on a Telegram channel dedicated to their activities, which include other marches and handing out Patriot Front flyers and stickers.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • The most aggressive people on the walk were the various religious groups—Scientologists, Christians—handing out literature, including a million-dollar bill that promised the path to heaven.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Definition of handing out
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  • Still, Ocasio-Cortez has been far more cautious than Sanders in doling out endorsements this cycle and has gone to greater lengths to avoid friction with her colleagues in the House.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2026
  • Food and drink Days here start at Rice Kitchen, the all-day diner doling out breakfasts of avocado toast with roast tomatoes and white asparagus, and fruit- and flower-topped little bowls of yogurt from Da Lat.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Definition of doling out
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  • Their vertebrae are much longer than ours, measuring about 10 inches each.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 18 July 2026
  • The labor that goes into Thames’s work—roughly 400 hours for a curtain measuring six feet by four feet—is part of the point.
    — Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of measuring
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  • Before dealing McCullers, the Astros stood approximately $10 million under the first luxury tax threshold, according to Cot’s Contracts.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • The righty struck out catcher Luis Torrens, and kept dealing until the end of the eighth, allowing just one earned run – Lindor’s sixth-inning homer – on three hits, walking one and striking out seven in 4 1/3 innings (55 pitches, 38 for strikes).
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2026
Definition of dealing
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  • That, of course, gives the company a much larger share of the pie, not splitting revenue with retail and not needing to produce physical objects.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The Dodgers, who have the best record in the majors at 63-37, take the series win after splitting a Sunday doubleheader following a Saturday rainout.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of splitting
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  • The risk appears when new stores begin dividing existing demand rather than creating it.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Across the globe, populist leaders and fundamentalist factions attempt to consolidate power by dividing populations and silencing dissent.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 July 2026
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