as in to share (out)
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North Carolina surfer Owen Moss scored $75 from sponsor Got Milk, who was dishing out cold hard cash for winners of each heat as a fun incentive, along with a small carton of chocolate milk.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2025 -
Boys lacrosse Matthew Grafton finished with a hat trick, and dished out a pair of assists as Abington knocked off South Shore Voke, 9-5, in a nonleague contest.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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For that same period in 2024, NSF handed out 1707 new awards.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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At an event in Green Bay on Sunday night, Musk handed out to checks of $1 million to Nicholas Jacobs, the chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans, and graphic designer Ekaterina Diestler.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Weeks after rumors spread that Californian experimental hip-hop trio Death Grips had split, the band have now taken to social media to deny these claims.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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Musk doled out about $20 million of his own money to boost Schimel.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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In the meantime, Jasso and her colleagues doled out hot instant soup, fresh fruit and backpacks through the slots in the fence.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Sorting the correct size was not straightforward, as the Italian tires on the truck were oddly proportioned and on metric measurements.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Inspiron 14 Plus is proportioned like the Acer Swift 14 AI, at 0.7 by 12.4 by 8.8 inches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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The company says that at every turn, the studio appropriated and misused their intellectual property to profit at the creators’ expense.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Congress appropriated money to CDC specifically to support oral health programs, and some congressional staffers say the agency must distribute those funds no matter who is running the HHS or CDC.—
Kasturi Pananjady,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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The appeals court divided 2-1 in turning down the government's request to halt Boasberg's directive.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the trade deficit ($7.4 billion) by the value of imports to America ($22.2 billion) and then essentially halving the figure to reach 17%.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Even generously portioned into two sets with an intermission, their 23-song show almost seemed over too fast, but that’s a testament generally to their clock-stopping spell.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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And what better way to tell them than portioning them out over several episodes? 7. Whither Maggie the waitress?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Measure (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measure%20%28out%29. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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