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as in spoon
a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food
an ice cream scoop
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as in tip
information not generally available to the public
come on, I know you've got the scoop on their breakup
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Recent Examples of scoop
Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Black woman business owners give aspiring entrepreneurs an inside scoop on how to leverage government resources and build success.
—Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Down the back stairs is the Candy Barrel, a room with toys and containers full of bulk sweets (including old-timey kinds like Mary Janes and Ice Cubes) to scoop into little paper sacks.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Time for a big scoop of stories to start your day.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Black woman business owners give aspiring entrepreneurs an inside scoop on how to leverage government resources and build success.
—Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Just last year, Corbet scooped the showcase’s best-director prize for his more-than-three-and-a-half-hour-long epic The Brutalist, co-written with Fastvold, his partner in life and work.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Down the back stairs is the Candy Barrel, a room with toys and containers full of bulk sweets (including old-timey kinds like Mary Janes and Ice Cubes) to scoop into little paper sacks.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoop
Noun
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Pipe or spoon 3 tablespoons of the goat cheese filling slightly below the midway point of the skillet across the egg mixture, leaving about 1 inch of space at both ends.—
Jeremiah Langhorne,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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Carefully slide the spoon between the whites and shell and apply light pressure to separate the two.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dust storm safety tips for drivers If driving on the freeway, exit if possible.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Both options provide the ability to file an anonymous tip.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Conversations among the passengers and Field School people started to become the focus, the fishing a distraction, and people starting giving the bait buckets nervous looks.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
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Indy Thunder-struck by SGA; OKC back in Finals command: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bucketed 35 points to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder into a 2-2 NBA Finals tie with the Indiana Pacers.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
Noun
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One current rumor is that Reilly may walk out of the jury house altogether, which would add another dramatic complication to the season.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Presley responded to rumors of her dispute with her granddaughter in August 2023.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Scoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoop. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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