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spigot

[spig-uht] / ˈspɪg ət /


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Without that money spigot, David Ellison’s own ventures look much more perilous.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

“When does the spigot stop? When do we stop throwing away money?” asked Burgess, who wants to see subsidies shrink.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

At the same time, use of the Fed’s standing repo facility — seen as a liquidity spigot for financial institutions in search of short-term cash to finance their operations — increased in late October.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025

The spigot will reopen next week with important reports from Nvidia, which will shed new light on the AI trade, and from Home Depot, Walmart and Target, which will provide an important state-of-the-consumer update.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

He tapped the barrel and turned the wooden spigot, spilling a couple of inches of warm golden-brown liquid into a clean glass.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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