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
Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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
Noun
The United States was 116 years old when a 6-foot-3, 210-pound bruiser named Pudge pocketed those 500 clams.
—Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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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At the start of this month, FIFA upped the price of the most expensive Category 1 tickets for the final to nearly eleven thousand dollars.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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This bill simply requires that half of those dollars go to the local news outlets that serve Maryland communities rather than to the tech platforms and out-of-state media conglomerates that seek to monopolize government ad spending.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Apr. 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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At the time of writing, its product page has two 4K sticks from Amazon itself available discounted down to prices below this one, and the powerful 4K Max is just five bucks more.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
16 Apr. 2026
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Turkeys will travel through pinch points in the terrain just like rutting bucks will.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Whiteley Estate also harvests rainwater, which is reused in both guest bathrooms and public areas, and runs on an energy monitoring system that analyses the use of electricity, heating, water and gas to optimize how and when it’s used.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 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
Verb
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Killer whales off New England The aquarium says killer whale sightings are uncommon in New England waters.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Clams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clams. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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