How to Use greenback in a Sentence

greenback

noun
  • This would, in turn, likely weigh on the greenback and bond yields.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The exact cause of the greenback's new-year gains wasn't clear.
    Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Why must deploying a new greenback take more than twice as long?
    Deroy Murdock, National Review, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The last time the greenback was on the skids like this was 2017.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 6 Dec. 2020
  • In the past three months, the yuan has lost about 7% of its value against the greenback.
    Laura He, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • Those dollars cost more when the greenback strengthens —and as the debt mounts so do the costs.
    Rafael Nam, NPR, 11 June 2024
  • And for the year to date, the ruble has crashed about 20% against the greenback.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The buck is flat, but dollar shorts cannot be happy with the greenback's run over the past month.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 30 June 2021
  • But there are early signs of momentum for a brave new world for the greenback.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
  • Countries buying oil did so in greenbacks.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But don’t break out the champagne on the greenback’s recovery from its lows.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • And given that the dollar has been en fuego for the past decade, the greenback’s drop could very well be swift.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But now, the greenback is weakening, and that is the unlock.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This year, the greenbacks were ready to spawn earlier than usual.
    Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
  • His note this morning admitted that the greenback isn’t dead yet.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But the greenback has been trending down since 2022.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The greenback is up less than 1% this year against a basket of currencies.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 15 July 2019
  • The euro is up 9% against the greenback since April as dollar-shorts build up.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Indeed, the Hong Kong dollar is just a clone of the greenback.
    Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 28 Dec. 2020
  • All three currencies were on track to end the March quarter stronger against the greenback.
    Reuters, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Dude confiscated it for greenbacks, melted it down, and buried it?
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The greenback has done better against other currencies such as the euro and the yen.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • In theory, a Biden win could reduce the value of the greenback even more.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Though the greenback—up around 17% against the euro this year and 26% compared with.
    Mitchell Martin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The unprecedented streak made the yuan a gainer against the dollar, even as the greenback surged.
    Iris Ouyang, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The greenback had soared in 2022 to its highest in around two decades, but slipped a little last year.
    Rafael Nam, NPR, 11 June 2024
  • The greenback’s status stems from two features that no other currency can match.
    Paul Blustein, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The value of the greenback has fallen nearly 10% since the outset of last year.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • As a result, the value of the yen soared against the dollar, erasing all the gains the greenback had made this entire year.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The greenback index was still on track to finish December down about 1%.
    Anya Andrianova, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025

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