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
Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
There are gold accents to the fireplace, doorway arches, walls and other areas of the room.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 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
Also included in the capsule are a pair of strappy heels from the brand’s first collection in 1997; a pair of sultry silver thong heels designed in 2000, and a gold sandal topped with a violet flower from 2001.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
There are gold accents to the fireplace, doorway arches, walls and other areas of the room.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold
Noun
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Combs ran the cash through a money counter in front of him, separating the bills into stacks of $10,000, Garcia recalled.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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The 73-year-old victim was on the phone with the scammer, who was walking her through the step-by-step process to deposit the cash.—
Hailey Clevenger,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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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 benchmark 10-year gilt yield was over 6 basis points higher, while the yields on short-term 5- and 2-year gilts were up by 4 and 2 basis points, respectively.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
Noun
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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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Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor is celebrating her golden birthday.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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Even as an arm of Disney, Lucasfilm remains, in many ways, a family business, and as a George Lucas protégé Filoni long has been considered a golden boy.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
Noun
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So, for an organisation struggling to find the money needed to make English football’s grassroots facilities green and pleasant once more, Khan’s offer was timely and tempting.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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The film’s most frightening scene is a fight between Claire and her mom, when the manipulative young woman tries every tactic imaginable to extort money from Kate, from tearing out her hair to kidnapping Cooper.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
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
Noun
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Pricing in other currencies will be confirmed closer to the launch date.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Once a crypto skeptic who said bitcoin seemed like a scam, Trump has now fully embraced digital currency.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2025
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“Gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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