fillip
Example Sentences
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After the last reporting season, they all received a slight fillip after they upped their proposed capex to a level equivalent to 92% of their cashflow.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
You wouldn't want to read a whole lot into the 4-1 but it was welcome, a fillip when a catastrophe presented itself at 1-0.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
It was a fillip for Welsford after a torrid 2025 with Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe before switching teams to Ineos Grenadiers this season.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
It’s just another exquisitely entertaining fillip of invention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
They lived mostly on these things made from stale bread, and condensed milk and coffee, onions, potatoes, and always the penny’s worth of something bought at the last minute, added for fillip.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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