as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
no system yet in place for handing out room assignments
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Recent Examples of handed out
New award for best podcast For the first time, an award for best podcast was handed out.
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Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Held tonight at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, the 83rd annual ceremony once again places fashion front and center before a single award is handed out.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
The academic rigor of higher education is also in doubt, with Harvard admitting that rampant grade inflation has resulted in about 60% of the marks that are handed out being A’s, up from 40% a decade ago and less than a quarter 20 years ago.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
The callbacks will be February 26, when the Artios statuettes are handed out over three ceremonies.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Flagg scored 12 points (6-of-15 shooting), grabbed seven rebounds and handed out six assists in the first road win of his career.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Under a blue shade tent, a woman named Destaney handed out information about food banks and assistance programs.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
For not having two plates properly displayed (on vehicles requiring them), more than 52,400 citations were handed out.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
The actress won a Special Tony Award for Best Newcomer for her Broadway debut, For Love or Money, in 1947 — the first year that the theater awards, then called the Antoinette Perry Awards, were handed out.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
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Reza Pahlavi himself has distributed messages calling for defections among the armed forces, and coordinated protests through QR codes.—
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Standing 165 centimeters tall and weighing 71 kilograms, the GR-3 offers 55 degrees of freedom and is equipped with tactile sensors distributed across its body for responsive interaction.—
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Its blend is dispensed seamlessly from a dropper, onto one’s mane without weighing it down.—
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Floats are fountain drinks dispensed over soft serve.—
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The business also provided hobbyists with a place to talk about home brewing and meet other people with the same interest.—
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The spokesperson said information about how utilities are calculated is provided to residents.—
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Iran’s opposition is weak, divided, largely in exile.—
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But our fragmented media landscape and the dominance of social media have left us polarized and divided.—
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Trump has attempted to unilaterally rename the Defense Department and the Kennedy Center, despite straightforward laws requiring acts of Congress to do so, and has impounded funds appropriated by Congress for child care and family assistance allocated to Democratic states.—
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The district is expected to make further cuts in the coming months as the total budget allocated to schools is reduced by $14 million, according to a separate presentation Jeffco Public Schools leaders plan to give Wednesday.—
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“Handed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handed%20out. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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