1
: a portion of food : serving
2
: dose sense 3
large helpings of reportage and interviews—
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He had two helpings of carrots.
Can I give you a second helping?
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For a vegetarian version, omit the meat entirely and add an extra helping of black beans or another bean, such as kidney.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Here are four ways to get a helping of awe during your next visit, but there’s even more where these came from.
—Brian Higgins, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
However, Sinbad would sneak extra helpings of the other feline's food, who wouldn't finish.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
But this specific take on the agony and the, well, extra helping of agony that parenthood often feels like is all hers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
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Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Here are four ways to get a helping of awe during your next visit, but there’s even more where these came from.
—Brian Higgins, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
However, Sinbad would sneak extra helpings of the other feline's food, who wouldn't finish.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
But this specific take on the agony and the, well, extra helping of agony that parenthood often feels like is all hers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Helping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helping. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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