Example Sentences

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If you are dipping into your investments, you have already made peace with the lost opportunity of returns on the money you will withdraw.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

"Investors and traders are dipping their toes in the waters after the clear-out of a lot of the froth and leveraged speculative positions," said Saxo Markets' Neil Wilson.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

While it is mostly currently centred in the US, others are dipping their toes, he says.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

But nighttime temperatures are dipping well below freezing, and Ukrainian forces are vastly underequipped compared to the Russians nearby.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

“You people who are dipping water from the spring, where is a shallow place where we can cross?”

From Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore by Cole, Fay-Cooper