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Recent Examples of dish out
Apart from cutting employees, DOGE has also moved to dismantle government departments and agencies, looking to effectively dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency responsible for dishing out humanitarian aid around the world.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
Freshman guard Avery Howell played heavy minutes in Watkins’ absence, and tallied 18 points while dishing out six assists without committing a turnover.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Nic Claxton dished out five of his career-high 10 assists in the first quarter alone.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Braden Smith added 20 points for Purdue and dished out six assists in the win.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
Freshman guard Avery Howell played heavy minutes in Watkins’ absence, and tallied 18 points while dishing out six assists without committing a turnover.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Nic Claxton dished out five of his career-high 10 assists in the first quarter alone.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Braden Smith added 20 points for Purdue and dished out six assists in the win.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
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For that same period in 2024, NSF handed out 1707 new awards.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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At an event in Green Bay on Sunday night, Musk handed out to checks of $1 million to Nicholas Jacobs, the chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans, and graphic designer Ekaterina Diestler.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Even generously portioned into two sets with an intermission, their 23-song show almost seemed over too fast, but that’s a testament generally to their clock-stopping spell.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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And what better way to tell them than portioning them out over several episodes? 7. Whither Maggie the waitress?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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The use cases split almost equally between personal and business needs, with roughly half spanning both.—
Marc Zao-Sanders,
Harvard Business Review,
9 Apr. 2025
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Sorting the correct size was not straightforward, as the Italian tires on the truck were oddly proportioned and on metric measurements.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Inspiron 14 Plus is proportioned like the Acer Swift 14 AI, at 0.7 by 12.4 by 8.8 inches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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The appeals court divided 2-1 in turning down the government's request to halt Boasberg's directive.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the trade deficit ($7.4 billion) by the value of imports to America ($22.2 billion) and then essentially halving the figure to reach 17%.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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That's when glorious God gave Moses the power to part the water by raising his arm.—
Holly Rizzuto Palker,
Parents,
27 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey respected her wishes and the two parted for a summer.—
Aditi Shrikant,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 2025
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According to financial statements from Take-Two, the organization appears to have allotted for a $74.5 million marketing budget beginning in April, which is when the next fiscal year begins.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Estimates are, Schools will be allowed to distribute as much as $20.5 million to student-athletes, but this will vary from school to school, conference to conference and schools will be able to allot different amounts to different sports.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2025
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Musk doled out about $20 million of his own money to boost Schimel.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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In the meantime, Jasso and her colleagues doled out hot instant soup, fresh fruit and backpacks through the slots in the fence.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Dish out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish%20out. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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