handout

Example Sentences

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"I wasn't asking to live there. I wasn't asking for anything from the Australian government, I wasn't looking for a handout – I just wanted to experience Australia for the set term of the visa."

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

They got some of what they wanted, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s handout in particular falls more in the realms of trick.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

He was watching Oksi through the binocs one evening when Jessie Coon James came up to him and begged for a handout.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George