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
The combination of cookies and cream and chocolate chip cookie dough is my idea of the perfect ice cream flavor.
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Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
Most notably, the dough must be prepared with varieties of Durum wheat semolina that grow only in Puglia.
—Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Use your fingertips to gently dimple the surface of the dough.
—Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
Churros Churros are a popular snack made from fried dough, cut into sausage shapes and doused in sugar.
—Jon Yeomans, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
Most notably, the dough must be prepared with varieties of Durum wheat semolina that grow only in Puglia.
—Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Use your fingertips to gently dimple the surface of the dough.
—Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
Churros Churros are a popular snack made from fried dough, cut into sausage shapes and doused in sugar.
—Jon Yeomans, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dough
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dough
Noun
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Other teams were able to offer more money, and the Lakers did.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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Last month, Kubler was indicted by the Justice Department on charges of securities fraud and money laundering.—
Sydney Sasser,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Members also get Walmart cash rebates on travel services.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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To model what this distribution — which will begin when the first baby bonds recipients turn 18 in 2041 — will look like, the cash catalyst program will also focus on giving money to people between the ages of 18 and 30.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
Noun
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The interactive cash register uses a toy credit card, coins, a scanner, and a number pad to teach everything from shopping phrases to food, numbers, and songs.—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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Before 1985, the team picking first overall had been determined through a coin flip between the worst teams in each conference.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
25 June 2025
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The group saw sales up 1 percent in local currencies in the three months to May 31.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
26 June 2025
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Last week, the Senate approved the stablecoin bill, establishing a framework to regulate these digital currencies that are linked to the U.S. dollar.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Dough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dough. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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