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

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

Veterans looking for a hand, not a handout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 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