as in bonus
something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed
anyone who buys a book today will get a bookmark as a throw-in
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as in to kick in
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Recent Examples of throw-in
Oliver Kay, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Banton, a 6-foot-8 point forward, caught fire as a trade throw-in for the Portland Trail Blazers to wrap up the team's 2023-24 season.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
These are just two of many obstacles local governments throw in homebuilders’ way.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Brentford and Palace are the two teams at the top of the long throw-in table (both for the number attempted and the number of shots arising from them) and only Burnley have a lower pass completion rate.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Banton, a 6-foot-8 point forward, caught fire as a trade throw-in for the Portland Trail Blazers to wrap up the team's 2023-24 season.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Jacksonville ranks 21st in pressure rate, and when the team only rushes with four, quarterbacks have had the sixth-highest time to throw in the league.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
These are just two of many obstacles local governments throw in homebuilders’ way.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw-in
Noun
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Police recruits are paid over $28 an hour with a $2,000 bonus at graduation.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Nike contract included a further €158m as a signing bonus.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Every genre needs a good kick in the head every once in a while.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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This requirement, among others, won't kick in until 2027, after the midterm elections.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From a gift of Elizabeth Taylor’s ring, bestowed on Allura, by her cheating younger husband, to $40 million worth of trinkets that Liberty helps salvage from her Upper East Side client wanting a divorce.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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For small businesses, simplicity wins—a clear offer like ‘buy one, gift one’ or a free consult lowers the barrier for first-time buyers and gives them a reason to pick you over a big-box store.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Deadline will absolutely not be giving away any spoilers but the BBC has acknowledged that this happened and the show was taken down from Crave after a couple of hours.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The fast food chain is giving away free Chicken sandwiches with a $10 minimum purchase.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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What the commercial stations won’t be able to replicate as well will be the soft-power dividends of the ISS.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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In this market, investors may want to consider dividend stocks as a way to earn some income while helping stabilize their portfolio.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That's the going rate for starting pitching in today's game whether the Blue Jays like it or not.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ohtani, as many have said, is a unicorn, the first two-way player since Babe Ruth to regularly hit and pitch in his career.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Then Tuch chipped in the clutch insurance goal late.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Microscopic structure behind the strength Using X-ray analysis, the team found that the LCs dispersed within the LCEs and formed tiny pockets – much like chocolate chips in cookie dough, as the team described.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Researchers present the AeroMap framework to rapidly generate aerodynamic performance maps for evaluating both on- and off-design aerodynamic characteristics of wing-body configurations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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An active member of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter and well-known for cooking and selling food to raise funds for her church, the boycott presented Gilmore with the opportunity to amplify her talents.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Throw-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw-in. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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