1
as in dime
a very small sum of money
their credit card debt isn't hay—it'll take years to pay it off
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as in bed
slang
a place set aside for sleeping
dragging myself out of the hay on such a cold, dreary morning seemed like an act of sheer masochism
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Recent Examples of hay
John Shipley, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
Meet animals in the petting zoo, then make your way through the hay bale maze, photo op areas, target toss, and lawn and carnival games.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
Three Kings Day, normally celebrated Jan. 6, is loaded with customs such as leaving grass or hay out for the three wise men in exchange for a gift.
—Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2022
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Noun
The Wild have five more games in this home stand to make some hay after going 1-3-1 on their last road trip.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
Meet animals in the petting zoo, then make your way through the hay bale maze, photo op areas, target toss, and lawn and carnival games.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
As part of that contract, and to maintain high-quality habitat, participating landowners can’t graze or hay the acreage during those five years.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
Three Kings Day, normally celebrated Jan. 6, is loaded with customs such as leaving grass or hay out for the three wise men in exchange for a gift.
—Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hay
Noun
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Those close game results can change on a dime, though, and Gonzaga overhauled the perimeter group around that pairing.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Others have built shipyards on their own investors’ dimes — something unthinkable for the primes.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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While the region’s homeless population faces many bottlenecks, the lack of detox beds is especially acute.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Despite vacationing on a luxury yacht, Bronwyn spent the night sleeping on a pool chair on the deck rather than spending the night having to share a bed with Britani.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Cormican and sheriff’s deputies spent that afternoon traveling back and forth across the lake at about four miles an hour, as if mowing a lawn, pulling the towfish on a cable behind them.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Keep your lawn mowed regularly and remove leaf litter that can provide cover.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tucked away in the rear corner on the opposite end of the trailer, the bunk room features a pair of bunk beds for the kids, along with a set of stairs up to the upper bunk.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Upstairs, the primary bedroom and a generous guest suite function as spa-like sanctuaries, while the lower level is designed entirely for wellness and play, with a gym, steam room, sauna, and rec room, plus two additional bedrooms—including a kid-friendly bunk room.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In other words, our distant ancestors lived with food scarcity, always forced to forage or hunt.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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Salvin’s albatross spend most of their lives flying and typically forage near New Zealand and Australia around their breeding period.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Whoever dispatched that ambulance might be one of many employees at the Department of Emergency Communications who have felt uncomfortable, yelled at and trapped between their calling to help people and what several current and former dispatchers have called a hostile work environment.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most of Ukraine’s Donbas region, where the 17 were said to be trapped, is under Russian military control, and Moscow has been accused in the past by developing countries of recruiting their citizens to fight on its behalf under false pretenses.—
Reuters 16 hr ago,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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An emergency order by the FAA on Thursday said airlines have to cut traffic by 4%, resulting in about 800 flight cancellations for Friday that increased to over 1,000 throughout the day, according to FlightAware.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Southwest Airlines cut about 120 flights Friday.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Due to strict embargoes from Nintendo, the larger story of Age of Imprisonment remains a secret, but anyone who’s played Tears of the Kingdom can glean a lot of the setup.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Eligible players have now officially become free agents, and even a casual fan can glean that this class is solid.—
Torrey Hart,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Hay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hay. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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