as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments
an economist who is critical of this administration's monetary policies
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Recent Examples of monetary
For the monks or clerics, it is presented as a material substance, carried like a sack of gold on the demon’s back; the metaphors used are monetary or economic, as though the monks owe ordered syllables to God instead of the monetary tithe their vows of poverty render unnecessary.
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Its embrace of stablecoins — a type of cryptocurrency whose value is tethered to fiat currencies such as the US dollar — aligns with growing adoption of alternative payment and monetary systems in countries like Nigeria and Kenya where regulators are fine-tuning policy to meet the moment.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Most individual food pantries accept monetary donations.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
The munificent monetary prize of a million dollars will go a long way to help establish the show’s importance.
—Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Its embrace of stablecoins — a type of cryptocurrency whose value is tethered to fiat currencies such as the US dollar — aligns with growing adoption of alternative payment and monetary systems in countries like Nigeria and Kenya where regulators are fine-tuning policy to meet the moment.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Most individual food pantries accept monetary donations.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
The munificent monetary prize of a million dollars will go a long way to help establish the show’s importance.
—Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monetary
Adjective
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For Swain, the rise of directs presages nothing less than a revolution in the world’s financial markets.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Kika explores a particular collision of collapse and reinvention, observing how financial precarity and pressure can erode personal boundaries and generate unexpected forms of empowerment.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Apart from the moral morass and human cost of America’s foreign military misadventures, there is the lasting economic damage of the wars of which Cheney was such an avid advocate.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Making quality life in New York City possible for a majority of its residents must, even under the most austere economic analysis, be good leadership.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Quorum Court's Finance and Budget Committee voted against a non-binding resolution to have a fiscal impact study done on the project, with eight of the 13 justices of the peace voting against it.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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The latter is seen as preferable by many, but potentially an optimistic choice that doesn’t address the problem of fiscal overstretch.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Monetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monetary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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