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as in cash
slang
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
I'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now
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as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
a Portuguese ship flying the national jack
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as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
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Recent Examples of jack
The front jack operator lifts the front of the car at exactly the right moment.
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Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2026
The object the detective uses to smash in the window appears similar to a scissor jack.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Becoming a jack of all trades in the gym might be one of the keys to living a longer, healthier life, a new study suggests.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Treasury yields spiked on fears about European dumping jack them up.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
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Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2026
The object the detective uses to smash in the window appears similar to a scissor jack.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Becoming a jack of all trades in the gym might be one of the keys to living a longer, healthier life, a new study suggests.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Treasury yields spiked on fears about European dumping jack them up.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack
Noun
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The United Kingdom does not award cash bonuses for Olympic medals, meaning Team Great Britain athletes will not receive additional payments for podium finishes in 2026.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Know More Initially founded in 2012 with a $5 million dollar grant from the John Templeton Foundation, Nautilus incinerated cash, sparing no expense in its pursuit of bringing resplendent literary science to the reading public.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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McRae, 22, posted a childhood photo of herself holding a Canadian flag.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bernthal plays doomed Sonny, who’s hoping to pay for his lover’s gender-affirming operation; his longtime pal and costar on The Bear plays volatile Sal, the loneliest guy in the world.—
Jenny Lumet,
Vanity Fair,
10 Feb. 2026
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You guys took a few years off in the mid-Seventies just as prog was reaching its peak of popularity.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
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The only item that was written down in his will was John’s beloved scrimshaw set—sailor’s carvings made from whales’ teeth.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
12 Feb. 2026
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The Treasure is home to an expansive supervised area exclusive to its youngest sailors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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In one of the final shots of the movie, Cathy’s death — and that of her child — is apparent when a pool of blood begins to gather below her waist, dripping down onto the floor in a quite disturbing fashion.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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As the pool of qualified commercial drivers shrinks, the cost of transporting goods across the state will inevitably rise.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Johnson’s novella captured specific, sometimes seemingly insignificant, moments in the life of an ordinary logger named Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), who died at 80.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
6 Feb. 2026
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That means making sure that the people who live and work on our public lands can afford to do so, whether that’s a fishing guide, a firefighter, or a logger.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
3 Feb. 2026
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And then on the flip side of the coin, there was a lot going on.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Consider the fate of the $TRUMP meme coin, currently trading below its high of $39 and its low of somewhere south of the Ninth Circle of Hell.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Financing and production banner Jovera Pictures has hired former eOne Vice President of Film Rainer Grupe to its team.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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So what has gone wrong at a program that has not finished with a losing record since 2010, and that has hung a Big Ten title banner in four of the previous five seasons?—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Jack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jack. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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