How to Use dollar in a Sentence
dollar
noun- The dollar dropped sharply against the pound.
- She put a wrinkled dollar down on the counter.
- She had to pay hundreds of dollars in auto repairs.
- The dollar is worth more in Mexico.
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And lemons are two for a dollar.
—Maria Santana, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
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His demand is a dollar bill from the bank’s vault.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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The flood of tourists and tourist dollars has slowed to a trickle.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
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Those movies have grossed them billions of dollars since then.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
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That wasn’t enough to prop up the pound against a resurgent dollar.
—Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2022
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Million-dollar price tags are de rigueur.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
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That's on top of a push for a $1 dollar Trump coin.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
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That will be billions of dollars to Iran.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
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Each of you wanted to be paid a dollar more than the other guy.
—David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 17 June 2022
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Millions of dollars were spent to save Cornyn.
—NBC news, 31 May 2026
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Trump has defended the gift as a way to save tax dollars.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 2 May 2026
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The Fed is not funded through tax dollars.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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These are not abstract dollars.
—Heidi Williams, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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In this vein, a stronger dollar can also provide a boost.
—Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
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At two dollars an ounce, that can be a pricey proposition.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
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Billions of dollars are at stake over the life of the contract.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, a weaker dollar raises the price of gold.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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In both cases, there were too many dollars chasing too few goods.
—Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Most will leave behind thousands of dollars, a home or not much at all.
—Talmon Joseph Smith Karl Russell, New York Times, 14 May 2023
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Those aren’t covered and will run her hundreds of dollars a month.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
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Once that tax is paid, those dollars are no longer compounding for you.
—Joshua Harmon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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And 90 plus percent of the pieces start at a dollar, that’s it.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 June 2023
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The meals are open to anyone, to-go, and cost twenty-five dollars.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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For all the fans’ cries for the team to go all in, there’s still the matter of dollars and sense.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
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The contracts were worth tens of millions of dollars.
—Carmela Guaglianone, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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The night netted the men five million dollars.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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