as in cash
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
I prefer to carry only paper currency, as coins are too heavy
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Recent Examples of currency
Many believe that those picks are the currency a team would use to chase a top quarterback prospect (like Mendoza) next spring.
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Especially his face on our new currency!
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
The preferred currency of performance art is shock, or so the greatest hits tell us.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
The rest had to be paid in regular currency, generating more revenue for the firm.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Especially his face on our new currency!
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
The preferred currency of performance art is shock, or so the greatest hits tell us.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
The rest had to be paid in regular currency, generating more revenue for the firm.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for currency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for currency
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If your flight is canceled or significantly delayed due to the cuts, you’re legally entitled to a cash refund, not just some future credit.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Portugal-Japan collaboration from Moon Road Media & Films received a cash prize of $30,000 from the two sponsors of the award — TCCF organizer Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and France’s Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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With Alonso on the market, the Red Sox could be more eager to add a power-hitting first baseman than to re-sign Bregman for more money.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dozens of legislators, senators and construction companies have been accused of receiving kickbacks with money that was supposed to go toward establishing thousands of flood control projects.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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By day there are parades, rat control events, and grand juries to attend, but night is when the mayor comes alive, at crypto coin launch events, sweaty outer borough raves sponsored by a new credit card, and downtime at his pad in Fort Lee.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The three faced off in two contentious debates in October, in which Mamdani and Cuomo sparred over issues of integrity and experience while Sliwa sought to paint them as two sides of the same ideological coin.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currency. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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