HANDED OUT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

handed out

verb

past tense of hand out

as in distributed

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals no system yet in place for handing out room assignments

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Recent Examples of handed out In March 2000, Albany State was handed a two-year ban on playing postseason football as part of a list of penalties handed out by the NCAA. — Mcclain Baxley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The prestigious Ballon d’Or is handed out annually by French magazine France Football to the best men’s and women’s soccer players. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026 There were surprise performance by the Backstreet Boys, Hermès and Chanel handbags handed out as party favors, and cash prizes reaching an eye-watering $1 million. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 The 2026 Michelin Guide American South, announced Wednesday night in Nashville, handed out Stars, Bibs and recommendations across North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Atlanta. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026 Halloween candy hasn’t even been handed out yet, but Hilary Duff is definitely in a Christmas mood already. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026 Joseph Okpako / WireImage via Getty First handed out to rockers Primal Scream in 1992, the annual £25,000 ($33,495) Mercury Prize shortlists 12 albums released by British and Irish acts in the United Kingdom in the past year. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 They are traditionally handed out the night before the Oscars. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 The Cleveland Fed reported that several of its business contacts handed out pay raises owing to higher living costs, particularly for gasoline and electricity. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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Investigators said at the time that more than 25 songs had been played or distributed online without permission from Eminem or the group that owns his music, Capitol Labels Group.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The numbers were distributed evenly across the incoming beam, and whether the photon passed the polarizer depended on its number and the polarizer’s angle.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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The race is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country's history.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
The race was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country’s history.

— Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

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How Israel's elections work Israelis vote for parties rather than directly electing a prime minister, with the Knesset’s 120 seats allocated through proportional representation.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
In the previous year, DePaul had allocated $426,000 for the museum, and de Lara managed to fundraise an additional $319,000.

— News Desk, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026

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