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: something resembling a spigot especially in regulating availability or flow (as of money)
Examples of spigot in a Sentence
the spigot on a beer keg
Hook the hose up to the spigot behind the house.
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This device attaches to the water source (a spigot); then, the hose is attached to the timer.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Whether that spigot is in danger of being turned off by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loan programs, and if so, for how long, was difficult to sort out Tuesday, even before the judge’s ruling.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
But Republicans say that the spending is a natural byproduct of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which equated campaign spending with free speech and opened the spigots for big-money races.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Whether that spigot is in danger of being turned off by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loan programs, and if so, for how long, was difficult to sort out Tuesday, even before the judge’s ruling.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
But Republicans say that the spending is a natural byproduct of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which equated campaign spending with free speech and opened the spigots for big-money races.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spigot
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“Spigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spigot. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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