eke
adverb
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Definition of eke
(Entry 1 of 2)
archaic
: also
eke
verb
eked;
eking
Definition of eke (Entry 2 of 2)
2
: to get with great difficulty
—usually used with out eke out a living
Examples of eke in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Problem is, restaurants can't just eke along until then. — Author: Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, "Weāve just lived through the greatest period of restaurant growth in U.S. history. Hereās why itās ending.," 22 July 2019 Problem is, restaurants can't just eke along until then. — Author: Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, "Weāve just lived through the greatest period of restaurant growth in U.S. history. Hereās why itās ending.," 22 July 2019 Problem is, restaurants can't just eke along until then. — Author: Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, "Weāve just lived through the greatest period of restaurant growth in U.S. history. Hereās why itās ending.," 22 July 2019 Problem is, restaurants can't just eke along until then. — Laura Reiley | The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, "The golden age of restaurants is ending, new book argues," 18 July 2019 Problem is, restaurants canāt just eke along until then. — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, "A new book explains the sudden death of the golden age of dining out in America," 9 July 2019 Prices on Apple products have generally crept as the company tries to eke more money out of a relatively stagnant user base. — Mike Murphy, Quartz, "The stand for Appleās new computer monitor costs as much as an iPhone," 3 June 2019 Total factor productivity, which measures how efficiently firms eke more output from their capital and labor, grew 2% to 5% a year before the crisis, but only 0.5% to 2% since. — Greg Ip, WSJ, "The Global Boom, Barely Begun, May Be Over," 23 Jan. 2019 To try to eke some life out of their systems, Surface Pro 4 users were going to extreme lengths. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, "Microsoft canāt fix āflickergateā Surface Pro 4s with software, so itās replacing them," 11 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'eke.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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