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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Recent Examples of chips
Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
Tech companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and AI computer chips.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Tech companies have announced hundreds of billions of dollars in investments for AI, from data centers to huge orders of chips.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The two tech giants have signed a deal to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence chips over the next four years.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
With the imposition of trade tariffs, the price of steel, semiconductor chips, and avocados goes up.
—Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
For an even beefier gaming machine, this one from CyberPowerPC ships with a processor that's one of the fastest gaming chips on the market, easily blowing through benchmarking in our review.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Oracle will use 50,000 of AMD’s Instinct MI450 chips beginning in the second half of 2026, in a sign that companies are turning to Nvidia’s competitors for their processing needs.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
Tech companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and AI computer chips.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Tech companies have announced hundreds of billions of dollars in investments for AI, from data centers to huge orders of chips.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The two tech giants have signed a deal to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence chips over the next four years.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
With the imposition of trade tariffs, the price of steel, semiconductor chips, and avocados goes up.
—Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
For an even beefier gaming machine, this one from CyberPowerPC ships with a processor that's one of the fastest gaming chips on the market, easily blowing through benchmarking in our review.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chips
Noun
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Make a cash deposit of at least $10 using any of the preferred payment methods.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Place slices 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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Three Sevilla players are offside, but they are quickly played on as the Frenchman charges down the line and swings a cross into Romero, who slices his shot wide.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the end, Krantz added, adopting a more strategic approach ultimately benefits customers, allowing companies to use their time and money more effectively by learning from the successes of others.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Raiders have had three regimes pay really good money for three consecutive veteran quarterbacks who have been abominable.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Prior to the launch of her limited-edition charm, the singer starred in the Pandora Talisman campaign — a new collection from the brand that forwent its traditional design codes and found inspiration from ancient coins with jewelry pieces including Latin inscriptions.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Among the most notable finds are hundreds of coins bearing Cleopatra’s image, pottery dating back to her reign, and a bust believed to represent her father.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Take your time to let the pork chops sear and brown.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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If the stock chops around, the trade can be scaled by layering additional spreads.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His beloved baseball glove; the cashmere quarter-zips his grandma bought him for Christmas — anything to raise a hundred bucks and feed the addiction.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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About a dozen does with some small bucks were coming in and out of the field.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When Guerrero mashes, playoff wins come easier.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The composer mashes together elements of forefathers who were themselves notorious mashers-up of traditions.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That agenda has led to a volatile peso currency and seen investors aggressively dump Argentine stocks and bonds.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The rare, direct foreign intervention, which will take the form of a currency swap, is aimed at boosting a collapsing peso and calming market volatility ahead of Argentina’s midterm elections later this month.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Chips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chips. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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