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Recent Examples of dish out
North Carolina surfer Owen Moss scored $75 from sponsor Got Milk, who was dishing out cold hard cash for winners of each heat as a fun incentive, along with a small carton of chocolate milk.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2025
Method Man’s appearance follows the show’s recent nods to boy band royalty like NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick and B2K’s Omarion, both of whom joined the panel this week to dish out clues.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2025
Last year, 130,000 Chipotle employees dished out $11.3 billion worth of chicken, steak and barbacoa across 3,700 global stores—enough to make Chipotle the third most valuable restaurant chain on the planet, with a market capitalization of $68 billion, behind only McDonald’s and Starbucks.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2025
Method Man’s appearance follows the show’s recent nods to boy band royalty like NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick and B2K’s Omarion, both of whom joined the panel this week to dish out clues.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2025
Last year, 130,000 Chipotle employees dished out $11.3 billion worth of chicken, steak and barbacoa across 3,700 global stores—enough to make Chipotle the third most valuable restaurant chain on the planet, with a market capitalization of $68 billion, behind only McDonald’s and Starbucks.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
Verb
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After all, trophies were handed out at the conclusion of each competition.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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There is no doubt that the money on offer to both players and clubs is impressive, and will likely change a lot of lives once it has all been handed out later this year.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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For clean cuts when portioning, dip the knife or bench scaper in flour before slicing.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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Dip the knife or bench scaper in flour before portioning the scones for clean slices.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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 workplace is splitting in two: those who know how to collaborate with AI, and those who don't.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
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
Verb
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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
Verb
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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
Verb
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Introduced in the House and Senate, this law would extend the exemption period for pills to match the 13 years allotted for biologics.—
mark gibbons,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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She’s allotted exactly one family member of note, her mother Gail (Sissy Spacek), and the dynamic between them is defined entirely by that one specific incident of abuse.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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Adams said more than 230,000 migrants had come to the city with approximately $7 billion in taxpayers’ money doled out to house and feed them.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Those payments are being calculated by a formula that will favor football and basketball players and will be doled out by the NCAA and the conferences.—
Janie McCauley,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Dish out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish%20out. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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