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handing out

NOUN

distribution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation

STRONG

administration allotment apportioning apportionment assessment assigning dealing diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation rationing scattering spreading

WEAK

alloting circulating disposing dissipating prorating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold keeping retention

STRONG

juncture unity

WEAK

collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store

NOUN

giving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offering

STRONG

allowing awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing granting imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding

WEAK

doling out passing out

Antonyms

WEAK

appropriating getting taking

Example Sentences

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Outside Anna's house, rescuers were making sure everyone was physically OK, while government psychologists were talking to shell-shocked and sometimes tearful locals, and volunteers handing out free food and drink.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

To teach kids the true value of money, Chancey advises parents to stop handing out passive allowances and instead require children to trade their own time and labor to earn it.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Family vloggers have more reach on TikTok and Instagram than missionaries will ever get knocking on doors or handing out pamphlets on street corners.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Amid rising energy prices, France announced it will help households and businesses switch to electric power instead of handing out short-term fuel aid.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

“Anybody can be amazing handing out thousand-dollar checks.”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

handing out

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