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spell

[spel] / spɛl /






VERB
give rest, relief
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In the next section, you spell out the core of any financial plan — your risk tolerance, what return you expect and your time horizon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Promoters scraped out regional fiefdoms where transient performers would fight for a spell before jumping ship in search of better deals.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Five of them, in fact, across a nine-year spell that saw Real Madrid dominate Europe's showpiece competition.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Agencies would have to spell out application requirements up-front and could not make repeated requests for more information or project changes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Miss Mortimer’s gentle smile cast its spell over the hall.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The council’s discussion followed a story Monday in The Times which detailed how LA28 failed to adhere to the strict annual reporting requirements spelled out in the organization’s 2021 contract with the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

This ambition is spelled out in the new US National Security Strategy, and Rubio, himself of Cuban heritage, is its chief architect.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

It has also not ruled out backing reform proposals but has not spelled out what specific plans it could support.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

That this was a Northern band all along is spelled out explicitly in “Kingston Girl.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

For when the Orsini realized, only too late, that the greatness of the Duke and of the Church spelled their ruin, they called a meeting at Magione in the territory of Perugia.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

They are not just talking about adding on a few cells here and there, but spelling out a monumental increase in the numbers of people that the country locks up.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"Charging parents just to sit with their children is a rip-off, plain and simple," he added, and being "hit with a hefty fee for a simple spelling mistake on a booking form isn't right either".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

A trust gives you more control by spelling out your wishes in detail.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The lawsuit alleges that Suno’s safeguards against generating songs by entering artists’ names are easy to circumvent by, for example, spelling out a name with spaces between each letter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

She reached into the bag and pulled out three yellow T-shirts with sparkling black letters spelling out BRAINIACS.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

I did not think Arsenal's defeat at City last week spelt the end of their title hopes, and watching City struggle to put Burnley away on Wednesday must have been a boost for their players.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

However, in his victory speech, he spelt out his vision for Hungary as a country "where no-one is stigmatised for thinking differently than the majority, or loving differently than the majority".

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Although not spelt out precisely during the interview, the implication of Block’s trade rationale is that higher unemployment means economic weakness and this would in turn lead to deteriorating corporate financials.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

A truck carrying Hatton's yellow three-wheeler car was at the head of the funeral procession, with the name "Ricky" spelt out in flowers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

“All right, you can hear this, it’s for all of you. It’s time someone spelt it out.”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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