dime

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Recent Examples of dime So much of The Baltimorons turns on a dime, but these two lonely souls slowly come to appreciate being together. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 The water company charged a dime per barrel to provide fire protection for the wooden warehouses that housed distilleries’ aging bourbon. Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025 Lake will drop down to star corner when needed, while McCollough is the likely candidate to play the aforementioned dime linebacker role on passing downs. Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025 The halcyon days of editors Condé Nast editors wining and dining on the company dime are over. Andrew Limbong, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dime
Noun
  • Her sultry photo shoot for the movie The Outlaw—lying on a stack of hay, holding a gun, blouse straps at her shoulders, revealing just enough—led to a censorship battle.
    Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Video of the zoo bringing in a front-loader filled with hay to give Ruth the support needed to get back on her feet went viral.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the mitigation the Kraft Group is offering is a pittance of the amount the city should be getting for a 25,000 seat stadium.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While the team amended the final sales total to 96,633, the final inning generated only a baker’s dozen sold, a mere pittance compared to the rest of the game’s pace.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Dime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dime. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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