1
: a portion of food : serving
2
: dose sense 3
large helpings of reportage and interviews—
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Stefan KanferExamples of helping in a Sentence
He had two helpings of carrots.
Can I give you a second helping?
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Their classic New York sandwich is grilled to perfection with a hearty helping of ground beef and onions, topped with melty cheese, lettuce, tomato and condiments on a hero roll shipped directly from the Big Apple daily.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
The first set was relatively short — clocking in at right around an hour — but Dead & Co. would return from an intermission with a more generous second helping that ran some two hours.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Takahashi, Xeno’s creator, expanded on those themes with the Xenogears games for PlayStation 2, a succession of sci-fi stories examining the meaning of life and the nature of consciousness with a generous helping of biblical references and convoluted plot twists.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If the physical action is doled out in parsimonious bites, the verbal action is an extravagant feast of double helpings.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
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Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
The first set was relatively short — clocking in at right around an hour — but Dead & Co. would return from an intermission with a more generous second helping that ran some two hours.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Takahashi, Xeno’s creator, expanded on those themes with the Xenogears games for PlayStation 2, a succession of sci-fi stories examining the meaning of life and the nature of consciousness with a generous helping of biblical references and convoluted plot twists.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If the physical action is doled out in parsimonious bites, the verbal action is an extravagant feast of double helpings.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Helping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helping. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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