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as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
a vain buck who spends an hour before the bathroom mirror every morning
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as in money
bucks plural
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
hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines
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as in to resist
to refuse to give in to
bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years
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as in to hand
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom
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Recent Examples of buck
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Gas is up nearly a buck since the war began.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
But some entrepreneurs are looking to buck the trend.
—Adrian Ma, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Lake Tahoe, so dependent on tourist bucks, set up a hot line to help visitors find open gas stations.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Gas is up nearly a buck since the war began.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
Grynsztejn is bucking a broader trend across professions, in which those in top positions well into their 60s and 70s have been reluctant to create openings for the next generation to take over.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
But some entrepreneurs are looking to buck the trend.
—Adrian Ma, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buck
Noun
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Somebody’s got to shoot it, dude.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
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That's when golden dudes will start being handed out.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But Hubert Davis was ultimately not the right guy to lead the UNC basketball program.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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You guys keep putting that crap out there.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Noel’s bank statements show thousands of dollars in cash deposits, some of which her bank, JP Morgan Chase, flagged as suspicious.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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That move saved me hundreds of dollars in interest.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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The difference is that in prediction markets, people are wagering actual money, which tends to sharpen the mind in ways that answering a pollster's call during dinner does not.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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What happened in podcasting is that money arrived, and some of it went into producing video clips.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Republican president had initially endorsed Hurd in October, only to yank back his support in February.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2026
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In 2010, Fox waited until just a few days before the launch of Mark Burnett show Our Little Genius to yank the series from its lineup over questions about the integrity of the production.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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The clash comes as tensions escalate between Anthropic and the Defense Department, which has resisted placing restrictions on AI use and recently barred contractors from working with the company, prompting a lawsuit from Anthropic on First Amendment grounds.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Who could resist a comedy featuring tiny, creepily cute monsters?—
Fleurine Tideman,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the show notes handed to audience members at Marc Jacobs’s Fall/Winter 2026 presentation, at New York’s Park Avenue Armory in early February, the designer included a section titled Credits and Receipts.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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The White House handed a major boon to its tech industry allies on Friday, unveiling recommendations to Congress to curb state laws that limit artificial intelligence.—
Cat Zakrzewski,
Washington Post,
20 Mar. 2026
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The song comes alongside a video, shot by Michael Grant, which features a beaming Bey cozied up with an apparent beau in a bucket hat.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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The frontrunners are Vanity Fair cover star Kylie Jenner and her nominated beau Timothée Chalamet, who has been the butt of the joke all night for his opera and ballet comments.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Buck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buck. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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