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handing out

NOUN
distribution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation
STRONG
administration allotment apportioning apportionment assessment assigning dealing diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation rationing scattering spreading
WEAK
alloting circulating disposing dissipating prorating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hold keeping retention
STRONG
juncture unity
WEAK
collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store
NOUN
giving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
offering
STRONG
allowing awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing granting imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding
WEAK
doling out passing out
Antonyms
WEAK
appropriating getting taking

Example Sentences

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When he arrived in front of the federal building, another person hopped into the bed and began handing out the supplies to protesters gathered outside the entrance.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Abalos and his former adviser Koldo Garcia are suspected of having pocketed kickbacks for handing out public contracts worth millions of euros for sanitary equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Also, I’m told that Electrolit will be back on site with a hydration station near the main stage and handing out free cups of the electrolyte-filled drink.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

For managers handing out pink slips, technology offers a ready-made breakup line: “It’s not you; it’s AI.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“Anybody can be amazing handing out thousand-dollar checks.”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman