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tipping

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verb

present participle of tip

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tipping
Verb
Intent on tipping Brown, the rapper insisted that he be billed for something. Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025 The Wildcats host the unbeaten Florida Gators on Saturday morning, tipping off what should be a rewarding slate of conference play. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 The balance between Silicon Valley and Hollywood long has been tipping — in wealth, in social influence, even in fame. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025 But tipping everyone in the guides that circulate around this time of year means adding a couple dozen people to your gift budget. Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024 Inside our evolving tipping dilemma April 27, 2023 Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris followed up with a similar no-tax-on-tips promise — also at a rally in Nevada, a critical swing state. Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 Letting all his flamboyant acting chops loose without ever tipping into hamminess, Hwang is dynamite as a monstrous character whose combination of charisma, swaggering arrogance and sewer rat cunning inspires equal measures of fear and fealty among co-conspirators. Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024 What is the new etiquette for tipping? Malaka Gharib, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024 Instead, Buffalo receiver Mack Hollins recovered the kick by tipping the ball to himself before returning it 38 yards to the doorstep of the end zone. Andrew Greif, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipping
Adjective
  • Nationally, learning loss recovery has been slow and uneven, especially among students of color, Axios' Russell Contreras reported.
    Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This, coupled with the indirect cooking required when smoking, led to uneven cooking times.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Tampa Bay is one of the most crooked places in America, according to fraud report data from the Federal Trade Commission.
    Martin Vassolo, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Talley also said the pathway of the bullet as the pathologist in the case testified disproves any legal theory that Ferguson’s arm was crooked at a 45-degree angle.
    Hetty Chang, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than return to her husband’s business, Loeffler dove deeper into politics, founding a nonprofit named Greater Georgia Action, with the goal of registering right-leaning voters and boosting confidence in elections.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • His post also included a snap of Woodall leaning over and putting his finger in Fahy’s mouth.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Utility man Romy Gonzalez, who suffered a minor oblique injury last week, is also expected to be ready by Opening Day.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But Jeff McNeil’s oblique injury and Nick Madrigal’s shoulder surgery opened up two infield spots.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Tipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipping. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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