SHARING (OUT) Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

sharing (out)

verb

present participle of share (out)

as in handing out

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This entails handing out thousands of patronage jobs to rabbis, bureaucrats, undertakers, and inspectors.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
Drake has been handing out cash to his fans — and passersby — for years.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of handing out

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The Dodgers, to their credit, have built a great team—not only by doling out huge salaries but by building an élite development program.

— Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Online, influencers in the looksmaxxing space have leveraged other men's insecurities to enormous fame while doling out aesthetic advice with little, if any, credentials.

— Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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Researchers can look for this signal by measuring the average vertical direction of the positrons produced when the muons decay.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
The psychologists Fredrickson and Joiner have tested this theory, measuring 138 people.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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Had the technical stood, Clark would have been forced to sit out Tuesday’s matchup against the New York Liberty, dealing a significant blow to Indiana as the Fever continue their push through the season.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Irish police said at the time that the ⁠gang had ‌gone from dealing heroin and cocaine in Dublin in the 1990s to operating across Europe.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of dealing

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The new order calls for splitting up combination vaccines, like the one that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, which would be given as three shots instead of one, at three separate office visits.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
The order also calls for splitting the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine into separate shots, which would require years of investment.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of splitting

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Chin-Hong thinks about risk as a continuum, rather than dividing the world into safe and dangerous.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Drew Fisher of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, hit the attenuator dividing Interstate 94 from the Lyndale Avenue exit near Olson Memorial Highway, the Minnesota State Patrol said.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

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