as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
she doles out office supplies as if she were paying for them out of her own pocket
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Recent Examples of doled out
For many years, generic drugs have accounted for roughly 90% of the prescriptions doled out to Americans thanks to their lower cost.
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Ed Silverman,
STAT,
23 June 2026
Another 85,000 tickets were doled out to fans who could watch the event on giant screens from The Ellipse.
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Marlow Stern,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Hanks sported a beard — and doled out some bunny ears — at the sequel's premiere in 1999.
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Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
But the potential for a face-plant remains, especially given the large percentage of shares that will be doled out to retail investors who are, by and large, big Musk fans but also tend to be twitchy.
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Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
Airports across the Americas were filled with fans who had doled out money to follow their teams.
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ABC News,
10 June 2026
Bankman-Fried’s clemency bid comes amid a wave of pardons that Trump has doled out to not only high-profile crypto figures—among them Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht—but also other white-collar criminals.
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Camila Grigera Naon,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Along with Winn, credit should also be doled out to rookie catcher Daniel Susac.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
More than $200 billion in Covid relief loans and grants was most likely doled out to fraudsters from March 2020 to January 2022, according to government reports.
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Rich Schapiro,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
23 June 2026
Another 85,000 tickets were doled out to fans who could watch the event on giant screens from The Ellipse.
—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Hanks sported a beard — and doled out some bunny ears — at the sequel's premiere in 1999.
—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
But the potential for a face-plant remains, especially given the large percentage of shares that will be doled out to retail investors who are, by and large, big Musk fans but also tend to be twitchy.
—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
Airports across the Americas were filled with fans who had doled out money to follow their teams.
—
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Bankman-Fried’s clemency bid comes amid a wave of pardons that Trump has doled out to not only high-profile crypto figures—among them Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht—but also other white-collar criminals.
—
Camila Grigera Naon,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Along with Winn, credit should also be doled out to rookie catcher Daniel Susac.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
More than $200 billion in Covid relief loans and grants was most likely doled out to fraudsters from March 2020 to January 2022, according to government reports.
—
Rich Schapiro,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doled out
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Authorities say electrical service in La Guaira has recovered to roughly 90%, while more than 5 million liters of water have been distributed across affected areas.
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After attorneys are paid, the remaining funds will be distributed to impacted customers.
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Prosecutors say Hammond, who was a pharmacist at Central Pharmacy in Lansing from 2020 to 2024, dispensed and billed a substantial number of female condoms that the pharmacy never received from a wholesaler.
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One groom just had to have a fountain that dispensed ranch dressing.
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Before the World Cup, Dioz provided employee uniforms for events including Super Bowl LIX and Copa America, which may have given it a leg up on the FIFA contact.
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Now in its 18th year, The Zac Foundation has provided free water safety camps to more than 25,000 kids in at-risk communities.
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The award is handed out to the most outstanding amateur baseball player in the nation.
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The Hollywood Reporter came out on top at the 68th Southern California Journalism Awards, which were handed out at a gala ceremony Sunday night at the the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
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Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
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Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
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Nearly 40% of the IP addresses allocated to Cogent appeared on publicly available blacklists of potential abuse, according to Scamalytics data.
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On Monday, DeSantis vetoed $15 million allocated for security grants for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Miami, the total amount of funding for Catholic school security previously approved by the Florida Legislature earlier this month.
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“Doled out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doled%20out. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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