as in to spend
to hand over or use up in payment
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Recent Examples of shell out
Despite shelling out their second-largest salary on the team – behind only Doncic – the Lakers’ amount of wiggle room remains the same heading into unrestricted free agency next week.
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Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
24 June 2026
Live sports has also been a major draw for Cosm, with fans willing to shell out up to $100 per person for top events via the company’s dynamic pricing model.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
The overhaul required employers to shell out $100,000 for each application, up from around $5,000 previously.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Even for a mere facelift, you’d be expected to shell out around $50,000.
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Utkarsh Sood
june 23,
New Atlas,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for shell out
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
24 June 2026
Live sports has also been a major draw for Cosm, with fans willing to shell out up to $100 per person for top events via the company’s dynamic pricing model.
—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
The overhaul required employers to shell out $100,000 for each application, up from around $5,000 previously.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Even for a mere facelift, you’d be expected to shell out around $50,000.
—
Utkarsh Sood
june 23,
New Atlas,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for shell out
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During our time away, our neighbors visited with us at the hospital, looked after our house and came over daily to feed and spend time with our cat.
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American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.
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The goal is to brighten—not shrink or damage—your fabrics, so pay special attention to heat sensitivity and fiber type.
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In California, drivers pay some of the highest prices in the country.
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And, more broadly, country-level plans that lay out investable climate projects across different countries received top billing at different forums.
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And so the goal that lawmakers have stated for this bill and that a lot of the provisions lay out is to tackle some of the bottlenecks and some of the problems that have kept us from providing the level of housing supply that the country needs over time.
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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