RATIONED (OUT) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

rationed (out)

verb

past tense of ration (out)

as in meted (out)

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doled out

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Cubanski said the Medicare rebate payments were being doled out when Americans were feeling the bite of higher food, energy and gas prices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
In a country known for its bootstrap individualism, this was a monumental handout; officials ultimately doled out an area the size of Pakistan.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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