as in bonuses
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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Recent Examples of throw-ins
There are now five-second countdowns for goal kicks and throw-ins to stop time-wasting.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
There are now five-second countdowns for goal kicks and throw-ins.
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Russell Lewis,
NPR,
12 June 2026
Set-piece routines and long throw-ins have become prominent in this season’s Premier League, and can take some time to set up, further reducing the time the ball spends in play.
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Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
To speed up play, referees can institute a five-second visual countdown on goal kicks and throw-ins.
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Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
There are now five-second countdowns for goal kicks and throw-ins.
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Russell Lewis,
NPR,
12 June 2026
Set-piece routines and long throw-ins have become prominent in this season’s Premier League, and can take some time to set up, further reducing the time the ball spends in play.
—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
To speed up play, referees can institute a five-second visual countdown on goal kicks and throw-ins.
—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw-ins
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Nor slashing domestic draft bonuses from last year’s payout of $401 million to $200 million.
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Since the Labour Party took office in 2024, average weekly pay, adjusted for inflation and excluding bonuses, has inched up less than 1% to £494 ($651), according to the UK statistics office — hardly better than the growth since 2019.
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Josh Shapiro's complicated political calculus The approach has already paid some major dividends for Pennsylvania beyond the Amazon deal.
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Finally, oil companies are judged by investors who often want cash returns, dividends, buybacks, and capital discipline.
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An appeals court in April sentenced Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, to four years in prison after convicting her on various charges, including receiving luxury gifts from a Unification Church official.
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To surrender to those gifts, as Rowland put it, was to shatter boundaries that had previously kept Black artists segregated to genre and medium.
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“Throw-ins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw-ins. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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