handout

Example Sentences

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The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, a Covid-era handout pitched as a way to support theaters and music halls, reported $10 billion in improper payments, nearly 70% of all spending in the program.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 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

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

“That line over there,” the cop said, and gave him a handout.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer