The first fillip to the industry occurred in the 1960s, following the decision to unbundle software and hardware by the dominant computer manufacturer IBM

The fillip of collective opprobrium had summoned their lust like a knife chiming crystal

it was the collapse of the Eastern bloc in 1989 that gave the decisive fillip to Winkler’s career

In a fillip to Russian liberalism, Nicholas concedes the principles of legislative powers for the Duma and limited suffrage for urban male workers.