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: a portion of food : serving
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: dose sense 3
… large helpings of reportage and interviews.—
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Stefan KanferExamples of helping in a Sentence
He had two helpings of carrots.
Can I give you a second helping?
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Guests tucked into slabs of soda bread with lashings of butter and chicken pot pie, washed down by flights of Baileys on ice and second helpings from a trifle cart.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
This recipe comes with a generous helping of tradition.
—Brennan Long, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
Budget-conscious travelers can also take local or regional buses for a fraction of the cost (and an extra helping of adventure).
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
Instead, the month brought one of the biggest wipeouts in the industry’s history and, for Strategy, the month brought an extra helping of bad news when, on October 10, the financial giant MSCI proposed a new rule that would exclude it from a series of popular indexes.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
This recipe comes with a generous helping of tradition.
—Brennan Long, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
Budget-conscious travelers can also take local or regional buses for a fraction of the cost (and an extra helping of adventure).
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
Instead, the month brought one of the biggest wipeouts in the industry’s history and, for Strategy, the month brought an extra helping of bad news when, on October 10, the financial giant MSCI proposed a new rule that would exclude it from a series of popular indexes.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Helping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helping. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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