handed out

past tense of hand out

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Verb
  • The 215-minute film, distributed by A24, has been a critical success since its debut at Venice.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • He was told no one would go see it, and it would never get distributed.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In an era when most people have dispensed with travel agents, the internet provides a daunting sea of possibilities.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Although reparations payments are still being dispensed, the lawsuit aims to stop the program in its entirety by preventing the city from using race to determine eligibility.
    Michela Moscufo, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The payment will be direct deposited into the bank account provided on the eligible person's 2023 tax return or mailed to the address of record.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Given how much aid the United States has already provided to Ukraine, there is not much room for Washington to expand the flow of arms quantitatively, and further qualitative increases would entail unacceptable escalation risks.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • And that’s not nearly enough for the hundreds of millions of dollars and draft resources allocated after the 2019 roster dismantling.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Shockingly, only 4% of research funding is allocated to heart disease in women, the number one killer of women.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Handed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handed%20out. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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