as in peanuts
a very small sum of money
the beauty of this deal is that all the extras won't cost you a dime
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Recent Examples of dime
When a player stopped on a dime, their shoe’s rubbery sole would slip slightly—many times per second in the same stop-and-start pattern—producing a squeak.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2026
One attempts to protect bottle redemption centers from fraudsters returning bottles from states with nickel deposits to Connecticut, which pays a dime.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
MacKenzie-Childs’ Amazon storefront is stocked with luxe home decor, kitchen goods, and more that don’t cost a dime over $100.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
The call took place in the locker room just after the win, and was co-ordinated by FBI director and longtime hockey enthusiast Kash Patel (the FBI director partying with a hockey team on the taxpayer’s dime is a topic for another time).
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2026
One attempts to protect bottle redemption centers from fraudsters returning bottles from states with nickel deposits to Connecticut, which pays a dime.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
MacKenzie-Childs’ Amazon storefront is stocked with luxe home decor, kitchen goods, and more that don’t cost a dime over $100.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
The call took place in the locker room just after the win, and was co-ordinated by FBI director and longtime hockey enthusiast Kash Patel (the FBI director partying with a hockey team on the taxpayer’s dime is a topic for another time).
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dime
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More than half of the water consumed in the Colorado River Basin goes to growing 10 to 15 annual cuttings of alfalfa crops and hay for cattle feed, much of it for international export to Saudi Arabia and China.—
Pete McBride,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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The artificial ice would be surrounded by bales of hay to provide a safety barrier for skaters.—
Cary Goodman,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Rachel found a private school in Oaxaca for the girls and secured a job for herself, at an annual salary of $10,700—not nearly enough to live on, even in rural Mexico, and a pittance compared with her $120,000 salary in New York.—
Caitlin Dickerson,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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That could be a pittance compared to the number of flowers at their wedding.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Dime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dime. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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