as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair
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Volunteers distribute water and other supplies at the Westwood Recreation Center on Thursday.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025 -
Worldwide, Monday Night Raw pulled in 4.9 million views (measured as total viewing hours divided by run time) Monday and Tuesday in the territories where Netflix distributes it, including Canada, the U.K., Latin American countries and Australia.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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The nation’s three largest PBMs – CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx – inflated the prices of drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds or even thousands of percent, the agency found.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Grammys must be held in a major venue of that size because ticket sales provide an enormous percentage of its annual revenue, along with the network TV broadcast — which will be CBS until 2027, when Disney takes over.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Jan. 2025
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Other volunteers set up in the job center’s parking lot to divide donations into care packages of food, toiletries, water and clothing.—
Yvonne Condes,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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And make sure to allocate a specific amount toward debt repayment each month.—
Chad Van Horn,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2025
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The Biden administration will not be able to allocate $3.8 billion of U.S. aid earmarked for Ukraine before the president leaves the White House, raising questions over the future of the funding when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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Just make a big batch of food—I’ve found stew-type dishes work best—portion it out into Tupperware containers, and stash them in the fridge.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 Jan. 2025
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The temptation to portion out one’s cathedral of counterpoised and cantilevered writing into knickknacks certainly is vivid to him.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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During the pandemic, the center opened to help administer COVID tests and pass out food.—
Yvonne Condes,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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The fund is administered by the Entertainment Industry Foundation.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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The prizes, including a Life Achievement Award for Jane Fonda, will be handed out on Feb. 23, live on Netflix, with Kristen Bell as host.—
Kyle Buchanan,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Team-mates stood still or, in the case of Boubacar Kamara, looked towards the touchline and to no one in particular, instead throwing his hands out.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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