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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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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

One man stood by the entrance of the Al-Qibli prayer hall, handing out paper tissues to worshippers overcome with emotion.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

For managers handing out pink slips, technology offers a ready-made breakup line: “It’s not you; it’s AI.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Under the reform, courts must stop handing out such short prison terms other than in a number of specific or exceptional circumstances.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

She never once glanced up toward the rest of us when Sunnshyne was dancing around, handing out her candy.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore