1
: a portion of food : serving
2
: dose sense 3
large helpings of reportage and interviews—
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He had two helpings of carrots.
Can I give you a second helping?
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and NBC is serving up an early helping of holiday fun with A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving Special!
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
And on Friday, Amazon Prime Video offers a second helping with the Raiders facing off against the Chiefs.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 24 Nov. 2024
But with every additional stage of preparation comes an extra helping of risk.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Organized volunteering and informal helping are both rising after COVID-era dips, a new AmeriCorps report finds.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
And on Friday, Amazon Prime Video offers a second helping with the Raiders facing off against the Chiefs.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 24 Nov. 2024
But with every additional stage of preparation comes an extra helping of risk.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Organized volunteering and informal helping are both rising after COVID-era dips, a new AmeriCorps report finds.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Helping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helping. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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