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foreign coins are not acceptable lucre in most vending machines in this country
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Rosamund Pike, playing the spirit of loving filthy lucre over life itself, elevates a standard villain through the high timing of her theatrical hauteur.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
People in Flynn’s gossipy elite media and business circles soon begin to discover his true relationship to the book, which threatens both his hopes for lucre and his intellectual bona fides.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
At investment banks, such lucre may not be quite as abundant as when formal training programs were set up as a gateway into private partnerships.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 June 2024
As professional leagues in many sports started popping up around the world in the 20th century, the Olympics drew a hard line, disqualifying any athletes who were tainted by accepting filthy lucre.
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
People in Flynn’s gossipy elite media and business circles soon begin to discover his true relationship to the book, which threatens both his hopes for lucre and his intellectual bona fides.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
At investment banks, such lucre may not be quite as abundant as when formal training programs were set up as a gateway into private partnerships.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 June 2024
As professional leagues in many sports started popping up around the world in the 20th century, the Olympics drew a hard line, disqualifying any athletes who were tainted by accepting filthy lucre.
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Lucre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lucre. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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lucre
noun
lu·cre
ˈlü-kər 
: gain in money : profit
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: money sense 1a
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