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OpenAI offers yearly salaries that top $500,000 for some technical roles, according to its website, and is doling out far more stock-based compensation than other tech companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The Department of Energy is doling out $3 billion in grants to create a domestic battery supply chain.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

But neither is doling out people’s data willy-nilly.

From The Verge • Nov. 10, 2021

Canada is doling out free rapid tests to businesses.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2021

Why, this is doling out the 'soft milk of dedication' in gills; there is but a quart, and he divides it among a dozen.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas