handout

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

They were queuing to register at a centre for the displaced, offered a small handout of cash, food and toiletries by volunteers.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Calderon said the program wasn’t “a handout; it’s basically a mitigation payment” from the federal government, which owns and manages about 45% of California’s land.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Takaichi, who took power in October, has unveiled a range of new relief measures, such as energy subsidies and a cash handout of 20,000 yen per child, equivalent to $128.73.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Some days more than six hundred families stood in line for a handout of rice, oatmeal, potatoes, flour, and coffee, along with a little meat if there was any to be had.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield