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Recent Examples of spigot
Wu may be benefiting politically in her reelection campaign but Boston residents could be reaching for their pockets again to pay for more tax increases if President Trump follows through on his promises to freeze the funding spigot.
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
When lenders turn off the money spigot – or charge dearly for access – that means regular people ultimately pay the price.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Add a smart timer or meter to your outdoor spigot to shut off water flow to hoses and sprinklers.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
These factors—clinical effectiveness, high costs, surging demand, and now an open spigot of government reimbursement—create an attractive target for abuse.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
When lenders turn off the money spigot – or charge dearly for access – that means regular people ultimately pay the price.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Add a smart timer or meter to your outdoor spigot to shut off water flow to hoses and sprinklers.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
These factors—clinical effectiveness, high costs, surging demand, and now an open spigot of government reimbursement—create an attractive target for abuse.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spigot
valve
Noun
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The method also enables the placement of dense computational points in critical areas, such as the tire-road contact or the closure of heart valve leaflets.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Set the container on top of the carafe and a valve at the base opens to drain out the concentrate.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Spigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spigot. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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