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as in money
slang
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'll buy that tomorrow, when I get some bread
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as in food
substances intended to be eaten
supplied his charges with bread and a place to stay
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Recent Examples of bread
Saller learned that the bread delivery routes were individually owned and for sale.
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 June 2025
What was the comfort food during all of this process?
Steele: There’s onions and bread and all that kind of stuff.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Ghani added most families purchase the staples of milk, eggs, and bread, for example, drawing 150 million U.S. grocery shoppers a year with a growing interest in fresh and perishable items.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Breakfast often consisted of sugary cereals and white bread, while lunch was typically something like chicken patties.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 June 2025
What was the comfort food during all of this process?
Steele: There’s onions and bread and all that kind of stuff.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Ghani added most families purchase the staples of milk, eggs, and bread, for example, drawing 150 million U.S. grocery shoppers a year with a growing interest in fresh and perishable items.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Breakfast often consisted of sugary cereals and white bread, while lunch was typically something like chicken patties.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bread
Noun
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The Trumps set up a series of companies to collect the money.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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There was no winner that night—there hadn’t been a winner for the past ninety-one drawings—and so the pool of money rolled over.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
19 June 2025
Noun
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While 92 million jobs may be lost due to AI, the same report indicates that 170 million new jobs will be created because of AI, with the jobs expected to see the most growth including farmworkers, delivery drivers, construction workers, salespeople and food processing workers.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The parliamentarian determined that a provision to bar immigrants who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents from receiving food assistance benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, should also be removed.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
24 June 2025
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MrBeast promised the largest cash prize in TV history for a similar winner-takes-all game show; his company was sued for allegedly poor treatment of the contestants during its production.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Since Weltman’s arrival, Orlando has traded majority of their second picks, but only to push them back to future years or for cash considerations.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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The interactive cash register uses a toy credit card, coins, a scanner, and a number pad to teach everything from shopping phrases to food, numbers, and songs.—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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Before 1985, the team picking first overall had been determined through a coin flip between the worst teams in each conference.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
25 June 2025
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The partners opened the restaurant in 2006 in the Sunset Harbor neighborhood, serving pasta, pizza, grilled meats and seafood.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2025
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Some believe that early celebrants simply worked with easily accessible and in-season ingredients that happened to be red: watermelon, strawberries, beans and fried or smoked meats.—
Danielle Dorsey,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
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Size: Butcher blocks offer an extra-large work surface that’s perfect for tasks such as chopping and rolling out dough.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 June 2025
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After an hour's rest under a damp cloth, each dough ball was gently opened by hand to form the classic bagel hole in the center, no rolling required.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2025
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For short-form content, several episodes are usually available for free, while further episodes require a subscription or for audiences to use in-platform or in-app currency to unlock new episodes.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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Last week, the Senate approved the stablecoin bill, establishing a framework to regulate these digital currencies that are linked to the U.S. dollar.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bread. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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