as in cash
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
all the gold in the world won't buy happiness
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Recent Examples of gold
Fatma Tanis, NPR, 7 June 2025
The wide-ranging punishments for such sinful behavior could include a prohibition on wearing gold and other precious jewelry, as well as large tithes to monastic orders and the poor.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025
Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 7 June 2025
The model accessorized with gold jewelry, a gold clutch and black high heels with designs that looked like leaves crossing over her feet.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
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Noun
Shops across the city are adorned in green and gold — green for pistachios, gold for the dessert's flakey crust.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 7 June 2025
The wide-ranging punishments for such sinful behavior could include a prohibition on wearing gold and other precious jewelry, as well as large tithes to monastic orders and the poor.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025
Adjective
Just pair up a white shirt dress with matching thigh-high boots, then top with a sprinkling of gold statement jewelry.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 7 June 2025
The model accessorized with gold jewelry, a gold clutch and black high heels with designs that looked like leaves crossing over her feet.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold
Noun
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While cash incentives and catchy songs haven’t proven very effective at convincing people around the world to have children, one thing experts believe might work is cheap or free childcare.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
15 June 2025
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However, the judge ruled neither exchange could be entered as evidence, saying the $1 million cash conversation was too prejudicial, while the Gina message lacked context and the necessary foundation to be shown to the jury.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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This year, gilt yields have seen volatile moves, with investors sensitive to geopolitical and macroeconomic instability.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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London time — off earlier highs — while the 20-year gilt yield was almost 8 basis points higher.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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The coin's limited reach is compounded by a lack of real users.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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The biggest hurdle will be solving distribution – creating a network effect that results in a coin being widely adopted.—
Michael Abbott,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Mounting a Swiss automatic movement visible through the sapphire crystal caseback showcasing also the soccer team’s insignia, the timepiece, accented with golden details, is set on an alligator strap.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
4 June 2025
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The 68-year-old entrepreneur, who built his education empire over more than four decades from just one school with 350 students, sees this as a golden chance to revive his ambitions to scale up the GEMS network of 92 schools in eight countries.—
Anu Raghunathan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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During their discussion of her 2015 album, Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz, the former Disney star revealed where some of her money went without her accountant's knowledge.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The law passed during the Johnson administration requires the government to administer student loan programs, issue grants and ensure that schools receiving federal money don't discriminate against students.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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In the decade since his descent down a gilded escalator — and emergence as the most dominant and consequential political figure of the 21st century — Trump has proven himself a peerless master of distraction and deflection.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Its shadow—cast from a gilded weather vane in the shape of archangel Gabriel 323-feet in the air—has marked the passing of days over the most famous plaza in Venice for more than a century.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Put in a different way, trust is the currency of AI success.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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The currency is used in a number of ways, including for payments and futures trading.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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“Gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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