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
I prefer to carry only paper currency, as coins are too heavy
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Recent Examples of currency
Unlike coins, bars are not intended to function as currency and are valued purely for their metal content.
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Members of the group included database hackers, organizers, target identifiers, callers and residential burglars who targeted hardware virtual currency wallets, which store cryptocurrency, prosecutors said.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
The conflict has highlighted Africa’s reliance on fuel imports and the knock-on-effect of higher prices and currency pressure.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
But the Gauge was never intended to serve as currency for negotiations with advertisers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Members of the group included database hackers, organizers, target identifiers, callers and residential burglars who targeted hardware virtual currency wallets, which store cryptocurrency, prosecutors said.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
The conflict has highlighted Africa’s reliance on fuel imports and the knock-on-effect of higher prices and currency pressure.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
But the Gauge was never intended to serve as currency for negotiations with advertisers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for currency
Noun
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During the pandemic, the Fed launched massive bond-buying programs, cut rates to zero, and promised to keep them there, flooding the economy with cash and stoking inflation.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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The airline ran out of cash, failed to secure a $500 million federal bailout, and felt the pressure of surging fuel prices.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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The high-profile event raises money for the Met’s Costume Institute, and each year the dress code for the gala takes cues from the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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Americans cannot afford, in lives or in money, more unrestrained, never-ending wars.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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In these kinds of experiments, participants are told to practice physical activities—finger tapping, coin tossing, dart throwing with a nondominant hand—within their dreams.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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The coins were initially discovered by two metal detectorists in a field near the Norwegian city of Rena in the region of Østerdalen, according to the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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“Currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currency. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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