Example Sentences

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Target said on Wednesday that inventory in the first quarter was 16% lower and it had doled out fewer clearance discounts.

From Reuters • May 18, 2023

By the end of October, the state had doled out only about $40 million, reaching 15,000 of the nearly 100,000 people looking for help.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2021

Not even the statue of Christ the Redeemer standing above the ocean was untouched: It was donated as a gift by the Brazilian construction giant that had doled out the bribes.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2017

On Friday, his leadership PAC announced it had doled out $122,800 — including $10,000 a piece to the state parties in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2015

Of course, all that the parish authorities had doled out to these poor-rich men was duly repaid by their executors.

From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel