as in distributing
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
no system yet in place for handing out room assignments
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Recent Examples of handing out
Sheriff’s deputies this week went door to door in the USF area handing out flyers about the disappearance.
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Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
The mayor and city officials unveiled a six-point plan that includes handing out free gun locks and other initiatives.
—CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
At the pool, there's always someone walking around handing out glasses of ice-cold water.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
And Sterling is handing out buckets.
—Kristen Bell, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
As party members slowly trickled into the building Saturday morning, campaign volunteers wandered, handing out bags with posters for Marx or walking in slow arcs with signs for fellow chief executive hopeful Robert Moore.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
After handing out replica statues to the first 40,000 fans who went through the turnstiles Friday, the Mariners posted a photo on X of the giveaway — now with a broken bat.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Mayor Wu, who plans to file her warm-weather plan for Mass and Cass with the City Council next week, would not confirm that her administration’s shift in strategy is a move away from harm reduction, which critics say incentivizes drug use by handing out needles and other paraphernalia.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Defending champion Rory McIlroy has been at the club all weekend, watching the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Saturday and handing out trophies to a group of boys in the annual Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals on Sunday.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
The mayor and city officials unveiled a six-point plan that includes handing out free gun locks and other initiatives.
—CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
At the pool, there's always someone walking around handing out glasses of ice-cold water.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
And Sterling is handing out buckets.
—Kristen Bell, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
As party members slowly trickled into the building Saturday morning, campaign volunteers wandered, handing out bags with posters for Marx or walking in slow arcs with signs for fellow chief executive hopeful Robert Moore.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
After handing out replica statues to the first 40,000 fans who went through the turnstiles Friday, the Mariners posted a photo on X of the giveaway — now with a broken bat.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Mayor Wu, who plans to file her warm-weather plan for Mass and Cass with the City Council next week, would not confirm that her administration’s shift in strategy is a move away from harm reduction, which critics say incentivizes drug use by handing out needles and other paraphernalia.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Defending champion Rory McIlroy has been at the club all weekend, watching the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Saturday and handing out trophies to a group of boys in the annual Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals on Sunday.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handing out
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The new version is made by the original producer, Ecosse Films, and Masterpiece PBS in association with Northern Ireland Screen and Banijay Rights, which is distributing the six-part series internationally.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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For a large, thick cast-iron skillet, electric burners are terrible for evenly distributing heat and keeping oil hot.—
Jack Hennessy,
Outdoor Life,
29 Apr. 2026
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The trailer then came apart, dispensing much of the cargo of iced tea beverages on the road, as the truck bounced off the wall and across the other lane of traffic into and through the guardrail.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In the Chicago area, Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes screens, tests and processes donated milk before dispensing it to hospitals.—
Alexander Crider,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Since Lover, Swift has come and gone with relative ease, doling out generous portions of concerts and documentaries and behind-the-scenes looks and then going away for months at a time.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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Harsha added that the CRA is concerned the agency will or has already begun front-loading its grant funding to catch up on spending, doling out the full amount of a grant instead of distributing it over the course of a number of years.—
Fiona Bork,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2026
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These days, some innovative school districts and nonprofit groups are trying to help students labeled EBD by tapping Medicaid money for therapy and family support, providing what are called wraparound services to get students with EBD back into mainstream classes.—
Laurie Stern,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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The reshaping of the hospital’s campus seeks to strike a balance among lifting the hospital’s national profile, providing more efficiently for the health care needs of the local community and recognizing the reality of an aging population that needs increasingly sophisticated care.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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The University of Massachusetts poll, fielded among 1,000 Americans, found 74% believe there are more things uniting them than dividing them.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Michelle Boudreau Design mixed a white dividing wall with hedges that don't block the view of palm trees in this desert backyard.—
Kristin Hohenadel,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 2026
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Despite the cash flow from those deals, some investors are concerned that Oracle is allocating too much money to its infrastructure initiatives.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gao Jiyang, founder and CEO of embodied AI firm Galaxea, said the challenge has shifted from simply collecting more data to allocating it across modalities in a structured way.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Handing out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handing%20out. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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