as in dollars
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents
it must take a whole lot of clams to buy a car like that
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Recent Examples of clams
Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Arsenic spikes in New Zealand’s Waikato River were blamed on invasive clams, and recent Houthi attacks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait indirectly caused a shift in oceanic cloud formation.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Wilmer operated a commercial fishing boat named the Denni Wade, and during the 1980s made his living farming clams and oysters.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Du identified bristleworms, gastropods, clams, tubeworms and other organisms living in the extreme depths, supported not by sunlight but chemosynthetic microbes drawing energy from methane and sulfide seeping through the ocean floor.
—New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
Bring to a gentle boil, then add the clams.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
The menu is a wonderland of seafood, from clams in white wine to seafood soup with shrimp clams and mussels.
—Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
The outbreak was then linked to raw oysters harvested by Drayton Harbor Oyster Company, and Manila clams harvested by Lummi Indian Business Council.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Arsenic spikes in New Zealand’s Waikato River were blamed on invasive clams, and recent Houthi attacks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait indirectly caused a shift in oceanic cloud formation.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Wilmer operated a commercial fishing boat named the Denni Wade, and during the 1980s made his living farming clams and oysters.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Du identified bristleworms, gastropods, clams, tubeworms and other organisms living in the extreme depths, supported not by sunlight but chemosynthetic microbes drawing energy from methane and sulfide seeping through the ocean floor.
—New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
Bring to a gentle boil, then add the clams.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
The menu is a wonderland of seafood, from clams in white wine to seafood soup with shrimp clams and mussels.
—Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clams
Noun
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Before Broidy’s lawsuit, the company had earned about a hundred million dollars a year.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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As previously reported by Sportico, Players Era has been shopping its broadcast rights for upwards of $50 million dollars annually—a fee far exceeding what any MTE has historically commanded.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Fire up the replay and start the clock as soon as the goalie fishes the puck out of the net.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Once the appeals are launched, regulatory spotlights are likely to be ramped up with big-bucks settlements paid out to keep the courts and lawmakers out of the matters.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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Last month, the national average was below three bucks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Many of its residents now draw a salary as cooks and gardeners at the lodge, while a new water irrigation system allows three rice harvests a year instead of one.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Chesapeake Bay region is one of the nation's most important oyster-producing areas, with more than 12 billion oysters in Maryland waters alone and harvests generating millions in revenue, according to state and federal data.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Clams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clams. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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