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as in spoon
a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food
an ice cream scoop
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as in tip
information not generally available to the public
come on, I know you've got the scoop on their breakup
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Recent Examples of scoop
Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Pangaea Bier Cafe Sacramento has few better ways to spend a spring or summer evening than eating at Pangaea Bier Cafe, washing it down with a California craft or Belgian beer, then walking across Third Avenue for a scoop of Gunther’s Ice Cream.
—Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
The Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville went this route in 2022, but neither scooped a notable package.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
After tonight’s men’s national title game, we’re left with just transfer portal scoops and 15-minute snippets of spring football to get us through April.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Pangaea Bier Cafe Sacramento has few better ways to spend a spring or summer evening than eating at Pangaea Bier Cafe, washing it down with a California craft or Belgian beer, then walking across Third Avenue for a scoop of Gunther’s Ice Cream.
—Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
Want scoop on The Librarians: The Next Chapter, or for any other TV show?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
The Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville went this route in 2022, but neither scooped a notable package.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoop
Noun
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Pour the cream mixture into the butter-flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon or flexible spatula to moisten.—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2025
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My results: • As reported in my most recent column, pots will boil over even with a wooden spoon across the top.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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My search for these cases began with a tip about Mary’s death.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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And in 1981, a tip from an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer serving in the Los Angeles County Health Department led to the first description of a new disease that would become the global epidemic of HIV-AIDS.—
Casey Luc,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The sources typically can be bucketed into equity and debt.—
Sunayana Gutta,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The company’s product portfolio can be broadly bucketed into three categories.—
StockStory Team,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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Star Ja Morant Exits Thunder Game with Concerning Injury For more NBA news and rumors, stay tuned to Newsweek Sports.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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In fact, every police department reached by Rolling Stone denied rumors of a pattern, aside from the Rhode Island State Police, who did not respond to several requests for comment.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Scoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoop. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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