dole

Example Sentences

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Audience members are naturally Bacharach fans, and the show, which runs about two hours with an intermission, doles out the great hits lavishly, beginning with all three singers performing “Always Something There to Remind Me.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Those groups then dole out the money to families to cover school costs.

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All told, the Patriots spent tens of millions firing a coaching staff and hiring a new one, doled out more than any other team in free agency and began construction on a new practice facility.

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The Grammy Awards are already split up into two ceremonies, doling out awards across a whopping 95 categories and over dozens of genre-specific fields.

From BBC

Companies generously expanded their workforces during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 and doled out hefty raises, worried that moving too slowly might leave them with a shortage of skilled workers.

From The Wall Street Journal