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handout

[hand-out] / ˈhændˌaʊt /


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The handout he received would last no more than a week, he told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Except most of us aren’t in line for this handout.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

The introduction of a $7 monthly handout drew only derision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Many of these families are victims of the earthquake which badly damaged Mandalay and surrounding areas in March, and are hoping for a handout.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

It turned out I was supposed to have been picking them up over the summer as well—some kind of handout that I didn’t get in the mail.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini