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Recent Examples of C-noteThis deal is going for under a C-note, so don't hesitate!—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026 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.—
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
In congressional races across the country, a new crop of super PACs is taking to the air with millions of dollars worth of advertisements to sway voters.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
In addition to the president’s resignation, unions are demanding wage increases and an end to fuel and dollar shortages.
In the footage, three children appear to be emerging from the rubble one after another, seemingly without major injuries, as rescuers provided assistance.
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Will Clark,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
Reflective, multilayer shields will block the most heat, and ones with a thicker foam core will work much better than thin ones.
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.
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David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.
Multiple tornadoes tore through Illinois and Indiana Sunday, killing at least two people as severe thunderstorms continue to sweep through the Midwest early Monday, knocking out power for tens of thousands across the region.
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Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
In total, many tens of millions of people around the world suffer from some form of paralysis and could profoundly benefit from brain-computer interfaces.
At the other end of the market, have a Chelsea dual-action pump for a fiver.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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.
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.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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.