giving out

verb

Definition of giving outnext
present participle of give out
1
as in announcing
to make known openly or publicly that's information that I'm not prepared to give out

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2
as in radiating
to throw or give off this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes

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3
as in dying
to stop functioning waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out

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Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for giving out
  1. announcing
  2. radiating
  3. dying
  4. failing
  5. casting
  6. declaring
  7. releasing
  8. proclaiming
Verb
  • The document services provider added nearly 7% after announcing its acquisition of printer maker Lexmark.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Willis was first diagnosed with aphasia in March 2022, with his family later announcing he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia or FTD.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of announcing
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  • Beyond the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the huge lorries rolling in and out of the city’s port, the glass panels of Everton’s new home at the Bramley-Moore Dock sparkle impressively, radiating ambition.
    Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Those affected may have chronic low back pain, stiffness, and radiating pain into the buttocks or legs, aggravated by activities that involve bending or lifting.
    Sarah Jividen, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of radiating
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  • Estate Taxes The federal estate tax exclusion for decedents dying in 2025 will increase to $13,990,000 per person, or $27,980,000 per married couple.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Oh Il-nam (Oh Yeong-su), a dying old man who pretended to be Gi-hun’s ally in the game.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dying
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  • With an average home now hosting around 12 connected devices, failing to monitor network activity could lead to unauthorized access and potential data breaches.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In 2013, rapper Fat Joe served four months in prison for failing to pay taxes on over $3 million in earnings.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of failing
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  • His father remembers visiting Scott around this time and driving around with him between casting calls.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Crawley solved the problem using small tungsten or LED spotlights to stand in for small portholes by casting small pools of light for Brody and the camera to cross through, but kept the vast majority of the space in a moody darkness.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of casting
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  • With the president-elect declaring even more drastic measures during his second term, Lung-Amam worries for areas with large migrant populations.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Furthermore, as fashion brands increasingly offer beauty ranges, the State of Fashion Report 2025 highlights the urgency for the industry to reach sustainability goals, declaring that inaction is not an option.
    Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of declaring
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  • Fewer family-friendly or holiday-themed movies releasing on Christmas Day is not an entirely new phenomenon.
    Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After Newport, Dylan kept performing and writing new music, releasing two albums in one year and continuing his shift from folk to rock.
    Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of releasing
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  • This week, a simple update to an old support article sparked a frenzy of breathless headlines proclaiming that the company had given up on those hardware compatibility requirements and would soon allow any old PC to upgrade.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In these particular cases filed Thursday, one of which includes a past employee of Combs, attorneys for the incarcerated performer were even more emphatic than usual proclaiming their client’s innocence.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of proclaiming
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giving one the gate

giving out

giving over

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