Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dished out
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Headlining the Collegiate awards to be handed out will be University of Miami head coach Mario Cristobal, the College Coach of the Year recipient after leading the Hurricanes to the brink of a national championship.—
Bill Daley,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026 -
But Drozd said an appropriate sentence for Lauer would be more along the lines of the sentences handed out to other co-conspirators.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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In 2016, the Hilton took over and revamped it with colonial Art Deco stylings and a random faux dinosaur skeleton that divided opinions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Why are assets being divided in a certain way?—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
14 Mar. 2026
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The 85th Academy Awards in 2013 is the last time two nominees split a category.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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After Aaron Gordon split a pair of free throws, Jones and Cam Johnson successfully executed the foul-up-three strategy on consecutive Laker possessions, only for the free throw to go awry.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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As of March 3, the agency had doled out 74% fewer competitive, or new, awards than the average for the same period in the 2021-2024 fiscal years, according to an analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins.—
Anil Oza,
STAT,
17 Mar. 2026
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Ignoring any other benefits, the value of saving those 223 lives was worth $3 billion, almost three times the amount the Active Transportation Program doled out to save them.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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If a team is out of challenges in a game going to extra innings, they are allotted one challenge per inning.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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When the county has funds available because a different project came in under the amount of funding it had been allotted, the county is able to move those funds to another project.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Three of the airmen were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, and three were assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Both officers are assigned to Newton Division and have been placed on administrative leave, police said.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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In the meantime, the president has embarked on a plan to renovate the center, after Congress appropriated $257 million in funds as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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Just weeks after Congress appropriated 2026 funds for NIH, the administration is already stalling their release.—
Jenna Norton,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Dished out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dished%20out. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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