Examples of shell out in a Sentence
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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This would see a payment of 25 cents a share — roughly $650M in total — for shelled out to investors for every quarter the takeover does not finalize beyond Q3.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 July 2026
Soon after, the e-commerce livestreamer in Hangzhou shelled out $30,000 for his first android and turned it into a rental venture.
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John Liu,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The Kansas City tight end shelled out about $1 million on a 10-carat old mine brilliant cut diamond on a gold band, designed by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry.
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Freya Drohan,
InStyle,
30 June 2026
For the elderly voters with mobility issues who now are required to register in-person, the working-class parent who has to shell out $165 for a passport or the rural voter who must drive multiple towns over to provide proof of citizenship — this bill impacts them.
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Dick Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 July 2026
Soon after, the e-commerce livestreamer in Hangzhou shelled out $30,000 for his first android and turned it into a rental venture.
—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The Kansas City tight end shelled out about $1 million on a 10-carat old mine brilliant cut diamond on a gold band, designed by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry.
—
Freya Drohan,
InStyle,
30 June 2026
For the elderly voters with mobility issues who now are required to register in-person, the working-class parent who has to shell out $165 for a passport or the rural voter who must drive multiple towns over to provide proof of citizenship — this bill impacts them.
—
Dick Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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