as in bucks
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents
a wad of dollars in his pocket
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Recent Examples of dollars
At the start of this month, FIFA upped the price of the most expensive Category 1 tickets for the final to nearly eleven thousand dollars.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This bill simply requires that half of those dollars go to the local news outlets that serve Maryland communities rather than to the tech platforms and out-of-state media conglomerates that seek to monopolize government ad spending.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026
Private law firms have submitted tens of thousands of invoices worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the city over the past decade for work to defend federal civil rights lawsuits related to police misconduct.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The Associated Press Three European allies provided millions of dollars that the United States was supposed to spend for low-income countries.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Another five hundred billion dollars in cuts were left unspecified.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Global automakers are planning to spend more than half a trillion dollars on EVs and their batteries through 2030, according to a Reuters analysis.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
And public dollars will be used to help make such projects a reality.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
The owner, who had sunk thousands of dollars of her own money into the shelter, turned out to be a fan of his work.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This bill simply requires that half of those dollars go to the local news outlets that serve Maryland communities rather than to the tech platforms and out-of-state media conglomerates that seek to monopolize government ad spending.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026
Private law firms have submitted tens of thousands of invoices worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the city over the past decade for work to defend federal civil rights lawsuits related to police misconduct.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The Associated Press Three European allies provided millions of dollars that the United States was supposed to spend for low-income countries.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Another five hundred billion dollars in cuts were left unspecified.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Global automakers are planning to spend more than half a trillion dollars on EVs and their batteries through 2030, according to a Reuters analysis.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
And public dollars will be used to help make such projects a reality.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
The owner, who had sunk thousands of dollars of her own money into the shelter, turned out to be a fan of his work.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollars
bucks
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At the time of writing, its product page has two 4K sticks from Amazon itself available discounted down to prices below this one, and the powerful 4K Max is just five bucks more.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
16 Apr. 2026
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Turkeys will travel through pinch points in the terrain just like rutting bucks will.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Dollars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollars. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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