dibs
plural noun
Examples of dibs in a Sentence
I get dibs on the front seat!
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Coastal audiences get first dibs with five nights apiece in Los Angeles and New York, and the entire run features support from singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou.
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Quinn Moreland, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
The PlayStation Direct website will get first dibs, followed by other retailers a couple of weeks later.
—Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 26 Sep. 2024
California Caltrans effectively kills 710 Freeway extension after decades-long battle
Nov. 29, 2018
It’s long been anticipated that if the freeway never got finished, Caltrans would sell the houses, with existing tenants getting first dibs.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
In the house’s eaves, where Sheraton and her husband kept cozy twin offices, the books awaited Slotnick, who specializes in out-of-print and antiquarian titles, and who’d been given first dibs.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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Quinn Moreland, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
The PlayStation Direct website will get first dibs, followed by other retailers a couple of weeks later.
—Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 26 Sep. 2024
California Caltrans effectively kills 710 Freeway extension after decades-long battle
Nov. 29, 2018
It’s long been anticipated that if the freeway never got finished, Caltrans would sell the houses, with existing tenants getting first dibs.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
In the house’s eaves, where Sheraton and her husband kept cozy twin offices, the books awaited Slotnick, who specializes in out-of-print and antiquarian titles, and who’d been given first dibs.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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“Dibs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dibs. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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