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Recent Examples of C-note
In those days, Mike Schmidt had the biggest contract at $2.1 million while rookies were paid $60,000, so a C-note from all your teammates was big money.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
Contrast doesn't get much better than that short of a pricey OLED panel, a noteworthy achievement for a monitor that costs less than a C-note.
—PCMAG, 31 May 2024
There are plenty of great options to be had for below a C-note.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
Kopitar, Bergeron, and Pavelski are the only three active NHLers to be over 1,000 for a career but never with a C-note on their résumé.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
Such modules get a maker close to a complete class-D amp for about a C-note or less (sometimes substantially less).
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2018
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
Contrast doesn't get much better than that short of a pricey OLED panel, a noteworthy achievement for a monitor that costs less than a C-note.
—PCMAG, 31 May 2024
There are plenty of great options to be had for below a C-note.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
Kopitar, Bergeron, and Pavelski are the only three active NHLers to be over 1,000 for a career but never with a C-note on their résumé.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
Such modules get a maker close to a complete class-D amp for about a C-note or less (sometimes substantially less).
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for C-note
Noun
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As other experts have stressed, many billions of dollars are required, and, at minimum, 3-5 years needed before any significant results could be achieved.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Will neighborhood restaurants, retailers, and service providers capture hospitality and tourism dollars generated by stadium events, or will that spending bypass the community?—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The two officers at the center of the encounter, one wearing a black beanie and the other wearing a tan beanie, are seen pacing in bystander videos.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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In fact, the ultra-high and extreme energy ones, at the absolute maximum, possess millions of times the energy that the Large Hadron Collider achieves at its maximum.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For the record, the Aztec Room & Patio can accommodate some 200 visitors, and yes, that 19-foot ceiling is genuine 18-karat--nary a pre-Depression sawbuck was spared when constructing this masterpiece.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The school’s founders are accused of siphoning tens of millions of dollars into a private company between 2017 and 2021.—
Jennifer Palmer,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Jan. 2026
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The strikes have left tens of thousands of people across the country without power or heating amid freezing winter temperatures.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Since movie-ticket purchases are not necessary, customers can just grab a bucket and a fiver (plus tax), and Netflix and chill with way too much popcorn for however many people fit on your couch.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Jan. 2026
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2024
Noun
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He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Janet’s mother, Marilyn, was deeply insecure about having never finished college herself, and—newly flush with cash—offered to pay for four years of her children’s higher education (which cost, on average, $740 in the late 1970s).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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And just in case, she was laid to rest with some local currency, or spending cash, almost 1,000 Kaiyuan Tongbao coins tied to her waist and right leg, as per Arkeonews reported.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Nine of the top ten sets by brick count have been released in the last five years, and two of those are still to arrive, namely the LEGO Pokémon Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise, and a yet-to-be announced Lord of the Rings build (my money’s on Minas Tirith).—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the money inmates pay to buy snacks and other items in the commissary covers the cost, something called the inmate welfare account.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“C-note.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/C-note. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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