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dough

noun

ˈdō

Definition of dough

as in money

something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo

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Recent Examples of dough Morton kosher salt in the bowl of a stand mixer with your hands until a shaggy dough forms. — Rachel Dolfi, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 July 2026 These can be made into a wafer shape as well by shaping the dough into logs and chilling it before making 1/4-inch-thick slices. — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 July 2026 The flour is mixed with yeast, water, and salt to create the dough, according to Zinn. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026 Just unfold the dough, spread on the filling, roll them up, and bake. — Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dough

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Well, not bad in terms of trying to showcase how much money Europe is spending on its own defense, with a raft of billion-dollar deals announced with some of the world's largest military contractors.

— Steve Sedgwick,Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 July 2026
What begins as a history play transforms into a sharp-eyed satire about the cost of assimilation in a society where money, power and white privilege remain stubbornly intertwined.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of money

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If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will keep ticking up.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026
There’s enough cash on hand for Rhaenyra to administer the Seven Kingdoms for a fortnight, and no one remaining from the old regime — not Alicent, not Orwyle — knows where Lannister hid the rest of the ingots.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026

Definition of cash

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That’s not to mention an upcoming summer of local and national festivities that promises fireworks, parades, bands, speeches, prizes, and commemorative everything, from postage stamps and coins to musical compositions.

— Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Now, the new Heritage Coin collection takes the original coin watch to all new heights – but exclusive ones.

— Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of coin

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Requirements are the key element of a NASA planning document like this, the bureaucratic currency by which NASA buys off on the safety of a spacecraft, such as the amount of habitable volume the agency requires.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Merzbacher, who generated his fortune through a fur business and currency trading, gained many of the artworks in his possession through his grandfather-in-law, Bernhard Mayer.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026

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