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as in contributed
to make a donation as part of a group effort
if everyone in the department kicks in, we can give him an especially nice present for his retirement
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as in died
slang
to stop living
the ornery cuss finally kicked in at the ripe old age of 90
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked in
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Still contributed six points in five games despite difficult assignments.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025 -
Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin, Garrett Tenney and Ashley Papa contributed to this report.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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An American Airlines employee has died following an accident on the tarmac in North Carolina.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Nunn died in 2016 from leukemia at age 63.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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If donated, it will be restored, and researchers will seek clues, such as maker’s marks, to identify the originating blacksmith’s workshop.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2025
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Kicking off the three-year partnership in the lead-up to this year’s 129th Boston Marathon, Clif Bar has donated 10 race bib numbers to runners who came within 10 seconds of this year’s qualifier cut-off time.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Related article Damage to ancient Hadrian’s Wall confirmed after famous UK tree ‘deliberately felled’ Jon Stokes, director of trees, science and research at the Tree Council, said in the trust’s statement that ancient oaks can live up to 1,000 years.—
Olivia Kemp,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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In some scenes of the film, the relationship remains much closer as in Myanmar, where loggers use elephants to move giant trees felled for timber.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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Cline never released a duet or other collaboration, and the new album features nine, including one with Cowboy Copas, who perished in the plane crash with Cline (along with fellow Opry star Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cline’s manager, Randy Hughes).—
Nancy Kruh,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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More than 1,500 passengers and crew perished; only around 710 of those on board survived.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Kicked in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20in. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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