eke out
verb
eked out; eking out; ekes out
1
: to make up for the deficiencies of : supplement
eked out his income by getting a second job
2
: to make (a supply) last by economy
Examples of eke out in a Sentence
eked out a living from the family's small farm
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Then Duke got a third date with rival North Carolina, let a 24-point lead dwindle to 1 and had to eke out a win in the game’s final seconds after UNC lost its score-tying free-throw attempt with 4.1 seconds left due to a lane violation.
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Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article San Diego managed to eke out a modest population gain in 2024, even as the county saw a continued exodus of tens of thousands of residents leaving for other parts of the country.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Life sciences stock Thermo Fisher Scientific has slipped 10% over the past 12 months, but has managed to eke out a 1% gain so far this year.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
That’s true even if the average streaming show ekes out two seasons at most.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article San Diego managed to eke out a modest population gain in 2024, even as the county saw a continued exodus of tens of thousands of residents leaving for other parts of the country.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Life sciences stock Thermo Fisher Scientific has slipped 10% over the past 12 months, but has managed to eke out a 1% gain so far this year.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
That’s true even if the average streaming show ekes out two seasons at most.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for eke out
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“Eke out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eke%20out. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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