fillip

Example Sentences

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Though lower interest rates ought to provide a fillip for gold and silver, it seems investors are looking for scraps of news to unwind their recent parabolic rallies.

From Barron's • Jan. 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

Dupont is a megastar in the 15-a-side ranks, captain of his country and voted 2021 World Player of the Year, and switching to the smaller format has been a huge fillip for the event.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

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