chips 1 of 2

noun

plural of chip
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 was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chip
as in slices

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Recent Examples of chips
Noun
In 2025 the hyperscalers alone poured more than $300 billion into data centers, chips, and grid capacity, and that spend is doing real work in the top-line growth figures. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 The project will focus on advanced packaging techniques that bundle multiple chips into compact units. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 EVs, in turn, spurred further advances in batteries, chips and automation. — Keyu Jin, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 Through a partnership with Amazon Web Services , Cerebras is developing an approach called inference disaggregation, which splits the work between two types of chips. — Paul Meeks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Allrecipes points to Reddit discussions where shoppers compare store brand chips, cookies and candy with national brand versions. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026 The popularity of Aldi-style dupes in cookies, chips and candy shows how familiar products can attract attention when shoppers find convincing alternatives. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Could Anderon do for quantum hardware what TSMC did for conventional chips? — Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026 Spread melted chocolate chips over the top and chill until set for easy slicing. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chips
  1. cash
  2. slices
  3. money
  4. chops
  5. coin
  6. mashes
  7. bucks
  8. currency
Noun
  • For founders sitting atop a mountain of stock, that beats selling shares, paying tax, and then giving away the cash.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Strategists in both parties said that this redistricting scramble has changed how donors are being approached for state legislative races — rarely the first places where the largest political funders send their cash.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of cash
Verb
  • Wild Lab Bakery sells decadent peanut butter cup cookies, as well, and Missy’s Pies slices up a droolworthy combo that features a layer of peanut butter on top of a chocolate brownie.
    — Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Yellowstone River slices through its middle, a miles-long stretch of meadow called the Yellowstone Valley.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of slices
Noun
  • Higher mortgage rates are also giving buyers leverage to press sellers for money to buy down their rate for a few years or for the life of the loan, reducing their overall borrowing costs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The halftime show began in partnership with The Salvation Army in 1997 as a way to raise money for the long-standing charity.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of money
Verb
  • If Tesla chops between roughly 330 and 425 into that Friday, the short options expire and the remaining December call is carried at a lower basis.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal chops $150 million from the Developmental Disabilities Administration, which battled against the largest budget cut in last year's negotiations.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of chops
Noun
  • For instance, the outcome of a coin toss seems random at first.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As a character Chigurh is particularly illustrative of this worldview, often reducing the fate of other characters to a coin toss.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of coin
Verb
  • This time round, Horvat is on to something even more deliciously odd with a study that mashes together grief, matrimonial disharmony, the alien nature of mathematical minds, and desire’s wild pursuit of obscure objects.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Starling Marte mashes one The hometown fans, who appeared to be outnumbered among the 24,225 at The K, had something to cheer in the fourth inning.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of mashes
Noun
  • The film even spawned a three-film franchise, with the entire trilogy eventually pulling in over one billion dollars in box office bucks.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Parker McCollum has spent years chasing big whitetail bucks with his bow.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bucks
Noun
  • Yet Kwan adds that most traditional-finance institutions don’t accommodate these digital currencies.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The behavior reframes affordability as a form of social currency.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of currency

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“Chips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chips. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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