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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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Filipino ferry dispatcher Dave Delos Reyes has been handing out N95 masks for nearly three weeks to protect passengers against the smoke that a landfill fire has sent billowing above a stretch of Manila Bay.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 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

When he arrived in front of the federal building, another person hopped into the bed and began handing out the supplies to protesters gathered outside the entrance.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—For years, Harvard has been handing out A’s in abundance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Mr. Heggarty says he’s sorry but he can’t be handing out money to every man who wanders in claiming he did his bit.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt