Examples of shell out in a Sentence
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Neon shelled out $17 million to buy the movie at Sundance, marking one of the richest deals in the festival’s history.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Aug. 2025
The company has shelled out billions of dollars hiring top AI researchers and engineers in recent weeks, and Wall Street will be listening for what Zuckerberg has to say about the spending spree.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 30 July 2025
Meta has been shelling out big bucks to recruit top AI talent away from rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Apple for its new Meta Superintelligence Labs team.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer shelled out a whopping $42 million back in 2020 for a monumental contemporary mansion in South Florida with some major league pedigree.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Aug. 2025
The company has shelled out billions of dollars hiring top AI researchers and engineers in recent weeks, and Wall Street will be listening for what Zuckerberg has to say about the spending spree.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 30 July 2025
Meta has been shelling out big bucks to recruit top AI talent away from rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Apple for its new Meta Superintelligence Labs team.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer shelled out a whopping $42 million back in 2020 for a monumental contemporary mansion in South Florida with some major league pedigree.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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