handed out

verb

past tense of hand out
as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals no system yet in place for handing out room assignments

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Recent Examples of handed out The awards are presented in Stockholm, with the exception of the Peace Prize, which is handed out in Oslo, a tradition often linked to the union that bound Sweden and Norway during Nobel’s lifetime. — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026 The awards show has now revealed the list of 30 eligible podcasts for its second award, to be handed out on Sunday, January 10, 2027. — Peter White, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 The bot accepted a low-ball offer and consequently handed out Matt's ADDRESS to a potential buyer. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 Waiters handed out espresso martini shots and warm chocolate chip cookies. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026 According to The Globe and Mail, free packs of tissues branded with Bareilles’s name were handed out earlier this month at a Toronto show. — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 In the nearly two months of data acquired by the Herald via a public records request, drivers were cited in virtually every corner of the county but there were a handful of hot spots around the county where high numbers of citations were handed out. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 Mayor Linda Gorton told me the city has handed out free gun locks and offered to buy back guns from residents, among other interventions. — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026 Some T-shirts and hats were handed out, but players only briefly put them on before adding them to the piles some of them have at home. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handed out
  1. distributed
  2. dispensed
  3. provided
  4. divided
  5. allocated
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  • The funding comes from the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and is distributed to each borough’s arts councils, which act as regrant partners and dole out grants to individual artists annually as part of an open call.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Such direct observations can be detailed, but they are often limited to near-coastal regions and unevenly distributed, while many of the most important stages of hurricane development occur over the open ocean where direct observations are sparse.
    — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of distributed
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  • The data feed will carry the details of every transaction, including what was dispensed, how much was dispensed, and how it was covered.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In a world where kissing up and pissing down was, if not accepted, often tolerated as the price of doing business, Wayne dispensed grace in every direction.
    — Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispensed
Verb
  • At the pool and beachside, reusable glass bottles are provided upon request in buckets of ice, free of charge.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Authorities are currently looking at around R$61 million ($12 million) in funds provided by Daniel Vorcaro, the owner of Brazil’s Banco Master, to finance the film.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of provided
Verb
  • The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of divided
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  • In the United States, it is primarily allocated for off highway vehicles such as agricultural machinery and construction equipment.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Erdos, the Department of Interior official, said that cleanup funds are typically allocated after a collapse or incident occurs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of allocated

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“Handed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handed%20out. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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