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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
are you sure you have enough money to buy all that?
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as in fat cat
a wealthy person
she had always planned to marry money
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Recent Examples of money
The Republic could not get a straightforward answer to the question of how much money was being put toward enacting the plan's recommendations, despite multiple interviews and emailed requests to state employees charged with implementing them.
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, the film also starred James Broderick, Charles Durning and Chris Sarandon as Sonny’s boyfriend who needs Sonny’s money for gender-affirming surgery.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
And the media dollars and sponsorship money that power the growth of the sport depends on those fans.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The countries were added to the Financial Action Task Force’s list in February 2023 for failing to tackle money laundering.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, the film also starred James Broderick, Charles Durning and Chris Sarandon as Sonny’s boyfriend who needs Sonny’s money for gender-affirming surgery.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
And the media dollars and sponsorship money that power the growth of the sport depends on those fans.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The countries were added to the Financial Action Task Force’s list in February 2023 for failing to tackle money laundering.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for money
Noun
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For instance, if both people are eligible but one earned more, collect the lower amount first to have some cash.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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From dishes like cast-iron live Maine lobster to a 32-ounce Creekstone Farms American Wagyu Tomahawk ribeye, this is a restaurant where you'd better be prepared to drop some cash.—
Rosalind Bowling,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On the plus side of this arrangement, 11-team leagues at this level will also keep the power conference fat cats happy by limiting the additional auto-bids doled out to mid- and low-majors.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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The tax credits were always seen as a giveaway to fat cats and big wigs.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Yet, crypto is still the preferred currency of the criminal world.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Milei has had more success taming Argentina’s hyperinflation than first expected, but has been dealing with a brewing currency crisis and several corruption scandals.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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The result of skilled labor, universities, banks and existing industry bonding together becomes clear in many ways, including, of course, a top layer of entrepreneurs and capitalists owning and deploying billions of Swiss Francs.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF began in 1950, when a group of Philadelphia children collected coins in milk cartons to help other kids affected by war.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Harrison and his team have a variety of special items at the store, ranging from centuries-old coins to one-of-a-kind memorabilia.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Democrats’ most visible strategy appears to be trying to bum a few bucks from the grassroots—when the grassroots’ greatest power is in protest, boycott, and other unified mobilization efforts.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Overall, the ComMarker Omni X is one slick beast of a UV laser engraver for professionals that run trophy or custom engraving shops down to the regular ol' Joe Schmoe who's got a few bucks to spare ($4,599 of them, to be specific) and really likes to laser-engrave things.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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Cousin’s body was sprawled on the bed — nude with a silk stocking tied tightly around her neck.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
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Underneath are layers of newspaper clippings about racist terrorism, with a silk stocking stretched over them—an allusion to the girls murdered in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 May 2025
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“Money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/money. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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