Examples of greenback in a Sentence
she threw a few greenbacks on the counter to pay for the drinks
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Most Southeast Asian currencies crept higher against the dollar on Monday as a safety flight to U.S. Treasury bonds pressured the greenback.
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Reuters, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
All three currencies were on track to end the March quarter stronger against the greenback.
—Reuters, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
India’s rupee recently plunged to a record low as a result of pressure from a strong greenback and selling by foreign portfolio investors.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
This could reverberate across financial markets, as investors quickly try to reposition ahead of more Fed rate cuts than are currently priced into expectations, supporting bond, equity, and industrial commodity prices in the second quarter, while weighing on bond yields and the greenback.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
All three currencies were on track to end the March quarter stronger against the greenback.
—Reuters, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
India’s rupee recently plunged to a record low as a result of pressure from a strong greenback and selling by foreign portfolio investors.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
This could reverberate across financial markets, as investors quickly try to reposition ahead of more Fed rate cuts than are currently priced into expectations, supporting bond, equity, and industrial commodity prices in the second quarter, while weighing on bond yields and the greenback.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Greenback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greenback. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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greenback
noun
green·back
ˈgrēn-ˌbak 
: a piece of U.S. paper money
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