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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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Hook it to your outdoor spigot, connect the garden hose to a sprinkler, and dial up the settings your plants need.
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Clint Davis, People.com, 22 May 2025
That ruling opened the spigots: twelve such injunctions were issued during the Obama Administration, sixty-four during the first Trump Administration, and fourteen during the first three years of the Biden Administration, according to a 2024 Harvard Law Review study.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
And at the end of the day, at some point, which is obviously now, the spigot needs to close.
—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
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Clint Davis, People.com, 22 May 2025
That ruling opened the spigots: twelve such injunctions were issued during the Obama Administration, sixty-four during the first Trump Administration, and fourteen during the first three years of the Biden Administration, according to a 2024 Harvard Law Review study.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
And at the end of the day, at some point, which is obviously now, the spigot needs to close.
—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
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“Spigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spigot. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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