dime

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Recent Examples of dime Parry Nickerson has been the team’s dime defender, and notably, Fangio did not turn to him on Thursday night. Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 At its peak, Battlefield 6’s story mode operates on the same wavelength as late-2000s military shooters, where morally gray acts of war are a dime a dozen, punctuated by the shock value of domestic threats played out with an immersive POV. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025 When the flight is covered, staying a little longer and exploring on your own dime starts to feel worth it. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025 Plus, most items are on sale and won’t cost you a dime over $30. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dime
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Noun
  • Now Denver returns to Colorado with a home-heavy stretch of the schedule upcoming and a real chance to take their 4-2 record and make more hay.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Braun makes his hay in transition, off cuts and open spot-up jumpers.
    Stan Son, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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