shell out

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Recent Examples of shell out Workers can expect to shell out an additional 6% to 7% in premiums, on average, according to Mercer. Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 That’s left Venice as the de facto launching pad for major Oscar contenders from Netflix, an enviable position given that the streamer has continued to shell out big bucks to A-list auteurs in its quest to finally land a best picture statuette. Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025 And is anyone shelling out upwards of $100 for the ride? Carolina Abbott Galvão, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2025 The study was rather optimistic that the younger generation, who doesn’t shell out for movies (their parents do), prefer watching movies in a theater more than home (59% preferring theater, 24% preferring home), the highest of any other generation — ahead of Gen Z, millennials, and Gen X-ers. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shell out
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Verb
  • Ford dropped it from the Explorer’s retail lineup, but continues to offer it in police vehicles, which benefit from its ability to power AC and other accessories without running the engine when parked, as patrol vehicles often spend lots of time doing.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • California’s legal fight to get those funds back–which hadn’t been spent–will take months if not years to resolve.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 2022, things came to a head when the company not only failed to pay its vendors but also ceased communication with their customers.
    Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The buyers also agree to pay those growers a small premium that is passed down to their workers.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Crevoiserat will define the new market and lay out the company’s three-year strategic plan at an investor meeting Wednesday.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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