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pitch in

verb

Definition of pitch in

as in to contribute

to make a donation as part of a group effort everyone at the office pitched in to buy a gift for the soon-to-be-wed couple

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Recent Examples of pitch in Shohei Ohtani reached base three times while batting sixth for the Dodgers, first on a hit by pitch in his second at-bat and again with a single. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Anyone can pitch in through platforms like Dollars for Scholars. — William Blomquist, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Ohtani flied out in the second, got hit by a pitch in the fourth and walked in the sixth before singling with two outs in the eighth. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Cade Smith, who pitched in all five games against Chicago, tossed a perfect ninth. — Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pitch in

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contribute

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Compact optical clocks could eventually contribute to such systems by providing stable timing references onboard vehicles, reducing dependence on external signals.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Yet decisions that could contribute to anything from an individual suicide to large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical destabilization are made without personal legal jeopardy.

— Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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