Definition of "doled" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of dole. (verb)

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• "Sadly but predictably, this Pledge is nothing more than a promise to return to the failed policies that created the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and threw millions of Americans out of work -- with most of the pain doled out to those at the bottom of the ladder."
• "• Sen. John McCain doled out more than $2 million from his 2-year-old PAC to GOP candidates and conservative causes in key primary and battleground states in the 2005-06 election cycle."
• "There's information in the book that's just kind of doled out slowly, where you go, 'Wait a minute, something's not quite right,'"Damon said."