as in to spend
to hand over or use up in payment
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Recent Examples of shell out
Major cloud providers such as Amazon and Microsoft are shelling out tens of billions of dollars a year to set up data centers to meet growing demand, particularly for AI.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 23 June 2025
All told, the couple expect to shell out roughly $25,000 of their own money before moving back to Olive Avenue.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Big Tech is shelling out jaw-dropping compensation amid a fierce AI talent war.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Massachusetts taxpayers are shelling out an average of $3,496 a week for each family in the emergency shelter system, a decades-old program that was created to provide immediate, temporary housing to pregnant women and families with children, according to the report.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 23 June 2025
All told, the couple expect to shell out roughly $25,000 of their own money before moving back to Olive Avenue.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Big Tech is shelling out jaw-dropping compensation amid a fierce AI talent war.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Massachusetts taxpayers are shelling out an average of $3,496 a week for each family in the emergency shelter system, a decades-old program that was created to provide immediate, temporary housing to pregnant women and families with children, according to the report.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
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Taken together, this signals that tech and media behemoths are still betting that consumers will be willing to spend hundreds, if not thousands, to experience concerts, movies and sporting events beyond the confines of a traditional screen.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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Until 2023, Horgan spent 14 years defending insurance companies for the firms Banker, Lopez, Gassler and Pennington P.A. Horgan approved levying court fees and costs against policyholders in nine cases, including five that dropped their claims before their hearings commenced.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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Companies are currently paying a 10% universal U.S. tariff that Trump imposed on imports from some 180 nations.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Nobody complains about the way the health care industry forces us to pay high prices for low-quality service.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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In 1783, Pope laid out a street plan for Louisville on a 1,000-acre tract.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2025
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During the conversation, Young laid out the economic disparities.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
5 July 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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