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Recent Examples of dish out
Gold powder dishes out a radiance boost, a peptide complex plumps, and vitamin- and enzyme-rich pumpkin extract does its thing to smooth and soothe.
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 3 Feb. 2025
Tatum has been especially productive as a passer of late, dishing out double-digit assists in back-to-back games (10 vs. New Orleans; 11 vs. Philadelphia) for the first time in his NBA career.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Holding ice cream cones in one hand, they were accustomed to using a serving spoon or ladle in the other hand to dish out the treats.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2025
Meta dished out a $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural fund last month, while the CEO met with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 3 Feb. 2025
Tatum has been especially productive as a passer of late, dishing out double-digit assists in back-to-back games (10 vs. New Orleans; 11 vs. Philadelphia) for the first time in his NBA career.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Holding ice cream cones in one hand, they were accustomed to using a serving spoon or ladle in the other hand to dish out the treats.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2025
Meta dished out a $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural fund last month, while the CEO met with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
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During the 60-day grace period between Jan. 1 and March 1, the city handed out 1,500 warnings to people who violated the law.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Inspired by Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, Book is handing out friendship bracelets along the way, some made by survivors with their names and ages.—
Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen Active Time: 30 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Servings: 9 Tender and moist old-fashioned butter cake is essentially a vanilla snacking cake, not to be confused with Gooey Butter Cake, which is most often portioned into blondie-like bar.—
Amanda Holstein,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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Set aside in the refrigerator until ready to use. To assemble, dust your work surface with corn starch, and portion out 12 balls of mochi.—
Ingu Chen,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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The game is split into night and day cycles, where the danger of the journey melts into campfire talk at night and exchanging stories with other travelers.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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Monahan was a Bristol native who currently split his time between Burlington and Florida.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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Materials that age This generously proportioned kitchen in Atherton, California was designed by Matthew Leverone to feature plenty of natural materials.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
6 Mar. 2025
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The ideally proportioned, four-door SUV stands out with reverence to Porsche designers efforts.—
James Raia,
The Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2024
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Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Even on past rainy days, locals say, the skies seem to part for the parade itself, and resume after the festivities.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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Her hair was parted to one side in loose waves, displaying her silver teardrop earrings.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Priorities, Politics And The MBA The question is whether the FT rankings criteria and relative weight allotted to those criteria—by applicants or by the FT—may change in light of shifting interests.—
Dr. Marlena Corcoran,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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In Nigeria, the president convened an emergency cabinet committee to make a plan for the budget shortfall, and Parliament allotted an extra $200 million to the national budget last week.—
Stephanie Nolen,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Instead, after the retaliation caused farmers financial pain, the Trump administration used the Commodity Credit Corporation as a type of political fund and doled out up to $30 billion to farmers.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The series, which blends a cooking show format with celebrity interviews, sees Meghan welcome guests to a replica of her Montecito, California estate and dole out tips on entertaining, baking and parenting.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Dish out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish%20out. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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