1
: a portion of food : serving
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: dose sense 3
large helpings of reportage and interviews—
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Stefan KanferExamples of helping in a Sentence
He had two helpings of carrots.
Can I give you a second helping?
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Signs ‘Fawning’ Is Harming Your Career Or Relationships Dubose suggests that the helping, medical and mental health professions are bulging at the seams with fawners.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Even Fitzgerald’s longtime boyfriend, Chef Tyler Anderson, is in on the helping.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
As so often, what might have vexed or depressed many authors was, for Leonard, an extra helping of grist.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Even Fitzgerald’s longtime boyfriend, Chef Tyler Anderson, is in on the helping.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
As so often, what might have vexed or depressed many authors was, for Leonard, an extra helping of grist.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority is giving Whiting’s Pierogi Fest an extra helping of sponsorship dollars this year, but the gesture likely won’t smooth over bad feelings between the SSCVA and the City of Hammond.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
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“Helping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helping. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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