FORKS (OVER, OUT, OR UP) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

forks (over, out, or up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of fork (over, out, or up)

as in pays

to hand over or use up in payment I hated to have to fork over that kind of money for a new set of tires

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The strongest businesses protect their creative core while continually measuring what actually pays for it.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
This is a league-wide dilemma created from an environment that pays its employees handsomely for wins and fires them for losses.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

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That hasn’t changed much on Heavy Is the Crown, especially since Cordae spends a chunk of this otherwise fleet and playful album lagging behind his sparring partner.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Much of what corporate America spends on AI today funds exploratory pilots, a far cry from commercial deployments that generate measurable productivity gains.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

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The collagen-rich mixture gives the noodles their slippery texture, which Orlando complements with smoked chili, sunflower-seed miso, and fermented chili cream.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
BetMGM is offering new users a promo code of FOXNEWS, which gives them up to $1,500 in bonuses if their first bet loses.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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