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Recent Examples of spoon-feed
The season has traded both subtlety and ambiguity for clear explanations spelled out and spoon-fed.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
College coaches line up their offenses on the ball and spoon-feed plays from the sideline.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
As a result, the stubborn pup demands to be spoon-fed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Instead of spoon-feeding solutions, guide your mentees to discover their own specific answers.
—Jay Garcia, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The broadcasters are spoon-fed a talking point while noting that the Bears have lost nine games in a row, including all three under interim coach Thomas Brown.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Brewer’s main complaint is that he isn’t being spoon-fed enough information on where the candidates stand on issues.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
Parents generally spoon-feed jars of pureed foods for a few months in the first year of life when introducing solids, but pouches marketed to parents of toddlers and older children have prolonged pureed food eating by years.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Buyers are proactive today, eager to find information through online research themselves rather than waiting for someone to spoon-feed it to them.
—Kelly Hopping, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
College coaches line up their offenses on the ball and spoon-feed plays from the sideline.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
As a result, the stubborn pup demands to be spoon-fed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Instead of spoon-feeding solutions, guide your mentees to discover their own specific answers.
—Jay Garcia, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The broadcasters are spoon-fed a talking point while noting that the Bears have lost nine games in a row, including all three under interim coach Thomas Brown.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Brewer’s main complaint is that he isn’t being spoon-fed enough information on where the candidates stand on issues.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
Parents generally spoon-feed jars of pureed foods for a few months in the first year of life when introducing solids, but pouches marketed to parents of toddlers and older children have prolonged pureed food eating by years.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Buyers are proactive today, eager to find information through online research themselves rather than waiting for someone to spoon-feed it to them.
—Kelly Hopping, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoon-feed
Verb
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As outlined in the Shark Reef Marine Reserve fact sheet, during dive experiences here, visitors can crouch behind a small wall while sharks are hand-fed or given tuna heads dropped from a plastic bin.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
4 June 2025
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There are unique adventures that include painting alongside a sea lion, swimming with dolphins, and hand-feeding giant tarpon.—
Angela Caraway-Carlton,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
Verb
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When their characters begin fighting, Shauna ultimately bites Melissa’s arm before force-feeding her a piece of it.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Instead, Misty leads a crew to force-feed him through a tube.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In a telescope, Venus's illuminated portion has fattened to 45-percent; almost half full.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
22 May 2025
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Demand for these fish skyrockets during the fattening period — from July to October — and competition is fierce.—
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Indeed, Macron has zipped furiously across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia all year, negotiating deals on climate, trade, military assistance, and peace, some of it in an effort to fill an aching vacuum left by Washington.—
Vivienne Walt,
Time,
10 June 2025
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Sun Valley is intended to be a retreat for hard-charging executives, filled with barbecues, bike rides and hikes.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
10 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Spoon-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoon-feed. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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