dole
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Companies with excess cash can do things like hoard it, dole much of it out through shareholder returns, make acquisitions or invest in the business through areas like research and development.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
He can dole out favors, such as access to a vacation beach house or the green light to open a nightclub, relatives said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Rea said he was on the dole at the time, his manager had just left him and he had been banned from driving.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
My hope is there is an opportunity within the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act for a judicial council or a chief judge to dole out discipline as they deem fit.
From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025
All the boys in the lanes and back streets that have fathers on the dole or working in laboring jobs have to join.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Vocabulary lists containing dole
Tolkien Reading Day, List 8
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