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doled out
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Music is doled out note by note, sometimes stripped back to a one-finger descending scale on the piano, often absent altogether.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
19 May 2026 -
The lumbar laminectomy is just one example of the extraordinarily high awards being doled out under the flawed system created by the 2020 law.—
Tara Bannow,
STAT,
19 May 2026
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“Rationed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationed%20%28out%29. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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