as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
no system yet in place for handing out room assignments
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Recent Examples of hand out
Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, The Bachelor — with Grant Ellis handing out the roses — currently airs Mondays at 8/7c on ABC, with the season finale set for Mar. 24.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Mar. 2025
John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2025
Never mind that the billions in taxpayer handouts that the Biden administration showered on green special interests did virtually nothing to bring down global temperatures.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Plenty of performances are lined up, along with special awards honoring accomplished musicians and a fun list of celebrity appearances to hand out the awards.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, The Bachelor — with Grant Ellis handing out the roses — currently airs Mondays at 8/7c on ABC, with the season finale set for Mar. 24.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
Opponents, including lawmakers from both parties, have criticized the film tax credits — a $1.5 billion benefit to the industry over the last two decades — as an unfair handout to relatively small slice of the state’s economy.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2025
Never mind that the billions in taxpayer handouts that the Biden administration showered on green special interests did virtually nothing to bring down global temperatures.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand out
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When Are April 2025 Benefits Paid? Retirement checks are distributed throughout the month, based on the recipient's birth date and the duration of their benefit payments.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Despite being distributed by Prime Video, the show is 100% independently owned and operated.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Similar booklets — on topics including military conflicts, power cuts and extreme weather — were issued in Sweden and Finland.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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Each meal is mostly contained inside its own plastic bag (with the exception of some ingredients like garlic bulbs and large pouches of mixed greens), and each had its recipe booklet with a photo of the meal tucked conveniently into a pocket on the side.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
25 Feb. 2025
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This can be observed in his choice to host the presentation of Pellador’s Summer 2025 collection at Skehans Freehouse, an Irish pub in a residential area of South East London.—
Glenys Johnson,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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His zinger didn’t wind up in the final presentation.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Four hour-long episodes turn out to be an awfully long way to go for the suggestion that the truth can be murky — especially when the next four go ahead and dispense with that ambiguity entirely.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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This way, organizations can dispense with the blame game altogether.—
Liz Kislik,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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To that end, the Buena Vista has inserted a pamphlet of mini-histories of each of the songs into its Playbill (for the sake of immersion, the introduction says those notes are by the character Juan de Marcos, but the text is credited to Hugo Eugenio Perez).—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Some credit goes to William Willett, a British builder and avid golfer who in 1905 published a pamphlet advocating for moving clocks ahead in April and returning them back to their regular settings in September.—
Margery A. Beck,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This festival is a nod to the Canada–Netherlands relationship and actually started when the Netherlands sent commemorative tulips to Canada as a gesture for their contributions to the liberation of the Netherlands during World War II as well as for hosting the Dutch royal family who were in exile.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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His contribution to boxing and beyond will never be forgotten.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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This analysis provides a useful framework for identifying where basketball demand may be strongest and where opportunities for future growth could emerge.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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No additional information has been provided about the resident or the donor.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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At its best, eclipse chasing is about exploring the world's remote and often overlooked areas according to a schedule set not by Instagram or glossy brochures but by where the moon's shadow happens to fall most dramatically.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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And at a major pork industry conference the same year, Elanco handed out brochures encouraging farmers to feed pigs a pair of antibiotics to make the animals grow fatter.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Hand out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20out. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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