RATIONED (OUT) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

rationed (out)

verb

past tense of ration (out)

as in meted (out)

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doled out

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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, for example, has doled out billions of dollars since 2021 to local nonprofits trying to house people, including at least $25 million to the 1736 FCC.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Cubanski said the Medicare rebate payments were being doled out when Americans were feeling the bite of higher food, energy and gas prices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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