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: something resembling a spigot especially in regulating availability or flow (as of money)
Examples of spigot in a Sentence
the spigot on a beer keg
Hook the hose up to the spigot behind the house.
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And at the end of the day, at some point, which is obviously now, the spigot needs to close.
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Also joining the lawsuit are Democratic cities and state governments arguing that the federal spigot is about to be turned off.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025
Indeed, to her critics, the spigot of novels, plays, memoir, pop song lyrics and screenplays may have had more than a whiff of the dilettantish.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 14 May 2025
But that's not because U.S. producers are opening the spigot.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 6 May 2025
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Also joining the lawsuit are Democratic cities and state governments arguing that the federal spigot is about to be turned off.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025
Indeed, to her critics, the spigot of novels, plays, memoir, pop song lyrics and screenplays may have had more than a whiff of the dilettantish.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 14 May 2025
But that's not because U.S. producers are opening the spigot.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for spigot
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“Spigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spigot. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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