fiver

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fiver Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024 Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee. Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022 The loss represented by the odd pocketed fiver is mainly one of trust. New York Times, 4 May 2021 Reuters/Simon Dawson Would Brits like a digital fiver? John Detrixhe, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2020 When the wellness-retreat trend cemented places like Bali, Tulum, and Goa as destinations for nine-to-fivers desperate for a reset, stylish travelers went searching for the next sunny spot. Corina Quinn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2019 If Palm Springs isn't your speed, head to New York's Ace, which set the standard with its locals-hang-here lobby and top-notch bar that attracts nearby nine-to-fivers and out-of-towners alike. Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2018 The man grabbed Thibodeaux's cash out of his hand, found a good fiver and threw the rest back at him. Anita Chabria, sacbee, 29 May 2018 Unlike most other cities, Birmingham's downtown has no congestion after all the nine-to-fivers clear out. Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiver
Noun
  • No one pays $300 a night to get put up in a hotel. ...
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Since Zito became general manager of the Panthers four seasons ago, no one in any sport has run a better organization.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The prevalence of disability rises from less than 20% to nearly 40% between our twenties and our sixties Our fifties are a tipping point.
    Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • By her early fifties Gay was twice divorced, child-free and working as a program manager at FedEx in Memphis.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • By cramming together tens of thousands of chickens, corporations have created the perfect conditions to supercharge this recent bird flu outbreak, and which will inevitably do so again.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • Thousands — sometimes tens of thousands — tune in to the cam, which has been in place since 2015.
    Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s because the Heat shot just 16 of 42 (38.1 percent) on two-point shots Saturday after shooting 26 of 36 (72.2 percent) on twos in Game 2.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Queen, the conference’s Freshman of the Year and first-team selection, drained 2 of 4 3-pointers — doubling his season total — and connected on a few more long twos.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That’s just me, though, and if an American citizen wants to put a tenner on the Lakers’ likelihood to hire on even more geriatric former stars, then feel free.
    Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Putting down an odd number, such as $10.11 instead of just a tenner, in the closing hours is her lucky tip for beating the masses.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 31 May 2022
Noun
  • The Sabres had a 16-10 advantage in scoring chances with him on the ice at five-on-five.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The team has managed to do that at five-on-five, which has helped compensate for a somewhat underwhelming power play.
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • During his first term, former President Barack Obama struck a deal with Congress: if Senate Republicans backed the New START arms control treaty with Russia, Obama would support investing billions of dollars to modernize the country’s nuclear weapons.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • This post was originally published on May 17 Bitcoin has been thrust back into the spotlight by extreme price swings this year, with U.S. president Donald Trump’s assault on the global trade order resulting in wild predictions of total U.S. dollar collapse.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • When the 2017 La Tuna fire broke out in the Verdugo Mountains, hundreds of notifications, tweets and statements were issued by the Los Angeles Fire Department, the report noted, but none was sent via NotifyLA, which reaches a larger audience of Angelenos.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
  • Yet hundreds of thousands of Idahoans still get fluoride from their drinking water.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 12 May 2025

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“Fiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiver. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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