doled out

Example Sentences

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What’s left over will be doled out to individual investors.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

On a corner, a charity-operated food truck doled out lunches to a long, shuffling line.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Previously, the consequence was only doled out when people with such debt sought to renew their passports.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Those growers are still waiting to receive their payments, with the final filing day pushed back to April 24, and no clear framework in place for how the payments will be doled out.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Nevertheless he worried it as a dog worries a bone while he doled out cutting sand for old Zahotep’s drill.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw