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

"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

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

Some members of the Unity Movement at first felt that we were accepting a handout from the government, which compromised our integrity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela