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
Lemonade cakes are a dime a dozen, but this is one of the greats.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
And Trump has said, don't spend a dime.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
The production draws on a long history of curiosity amusements in which people looked to be entertained by viewing others with unusual or non-normative bodies, especially in nineteenth-century Western circus and dime museums.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
But should Michigan look at increasing the amount of deposits above a dime?
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
And Trump has said, don't spend a dime.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
The production draws on a long history of curiosity amusements in which people looked to be entertained by viewing others with unusual or non-normative bodies, especially in nineteenth-century Western circus and dime museums.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
But should Michigan look at increasing the amount of deposits above a dime?
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dime
Noun
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The team brought two ponies — 17-year-old Pearl and 15-year-old Aiden — who stepped out of their van full of hay and trotted through the streets of New York City.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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That could include reducing the amount of alfalfa and other hay crops used to feed livestock, or swapping out wheat and sorghum and instead planting corn and potatoes.—
Huma Tariq Malik,
The Conversation,
4 Nov. 2025
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Universal eventually stepped in to bankroll a spin-off movie, though the $39 million budget was a pittance in space opera terms.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The movie was shot for a pittance, on 16-mm., over a number of years, on the streets of South Central Los Angeles; few members of the cast were professional actors.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Dime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dime. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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