spigot

Example Sentences

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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

Expanding Medicaid would uncork a spigot of about $1.35 billion a year in federal funds to hospitals and health care providers, according to a 2021 report by the office of the state economist.

From New York Times

“Gradually, it looks like we’ll have a pattern change that will allow the spigot to turn off,” said David Novak, the director of the Weather Prediction Center.

From New York Times

The decision would open the spigot to visits by hundreds of lawyers, most volunteers, and, in time, habeas corpus petitions by prisoners contesting their detentions.

From New York Times

In about 10 days, weather patterns may shift and finally “turn off the spigot,” he said.

From Seattle Times