DISHED OUT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

dished out

verb

past tense of dish out

as in measured (out)

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The singer ordered 30 pizzas to be delivered to the line of fans outside New York City’s Central Park, handed out by members of her team — including her dad!

— Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Teen and young adult volunteers handed out water bottles, staffed information booths and hyped up the crowd.

— Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

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Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.

— Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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The result is uncommon room layouts like the tri-suite king room equipped with two twin-sized beds and a king bed split by a privacy divider that doubles as a playful art installation.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Cutright, who was not charged with murder, split from Devastating Pyrotechnics to form Blackstar Fireworks on the property in 2023.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

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Like any good Sheridan show, gratuitous violence and clichéd wisdom are doled out with abandon, the spoonful of sugar to help the medicine—in this case ranching gone awry—go down.

— Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill gave about $10 billion to NASA to be doled out over six years, but much of those funds are earmarked for specific purposes.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

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Zoe McCurnin, a lead animal control officer, was assigned to the case.

— Velvet Wu July 1, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
For the employees assigned to institutions slated for closure, the uncertainty surrounding transfers, relocations, or the loss of local employment only adds to those challenges.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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Sununu, who formerly served as governor of New Hampshire, urged Congress to find more money to overhaul the air traffic control system — on top of the billions lawmakers appropriated last year to upgrade communications and radar equipment.

— Joel Rose, NPR, 1 July 2026
The Legislature appropriated $5 million in one-time funding, so next year, lawmakers will have to decide whether to allocate additional money.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026

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