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
trying to scrape up the kale to buy more dope
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Recent Examples of kale
Use your hands to rub and squeeze the kale for 30 to 60 seconds to soften it.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Note that the kale can be omitted — but think twice before doing so.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Spinach, Swiss chard, kale, lettuce, and other leafy greens are usually content with about 12 to 14 hours of daily light.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2026
Instead of going into the trash, food scraps from the kitchen — potato peels, onion butts, kale ribs — go into the compost bin, too.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Note that the kale can be omitted — but think twice before doing so.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Spinach, Swiss chard, kale, lettuce, and other leafy greens are usually content with about 12 to 14 hours of daily light.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2026
Instead of going into the trash, food scraps from the kitchen — potato peels, onion butts, kale ribs — go into the compost bin, too.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kale
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Janet’s mother, Marilyn, was deeply insecure about having never finished college herself, and—newly flush with cash—offered to pay for four years of her children’s higher education (which cost, on average, $740 in the late 1970s).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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And just in case, she was laid to rest with some local currency, or spending cash, almost 1,000 Kaiyuan Tongbao coins tied to her waist and right leg, as per Arkeonews reported.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Cashier Sandra Cornejo said the suspect ordered Oreo ice cream before pulling out a knife and demanding money.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Bonta said the money also supports child welfare and foster services, housing stability, job training, food assistance and services for seniors and people with disabilities.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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In a simple demonstration, a coin cell powered a toy car for 288 cm under light, compared with 212 cm in the dark.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Stray tissues lipstick, crayon, coins, or car keys can ruin your laundry and even your machine.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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What started as labor strikes and merchant protests over currency collapse and inflation has expanded into widespread street demonstrations and student protests.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Protests erupted in Iran last week when disgruntled shopkeepers took to the streets to demonstrate against the country’s plummeting currency.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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These traditional Jewish desserts are made with a simple shortbread dough and filled with your favorite fruit jam.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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Roll out the dough and cut it into cookies.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Colleges have lived large on student loans, paying the salaries of bloated administrative staff and big-bucks deans and coaches.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Bernstein raised its price target by two bucks to $172 and maintained its hold rating.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Single-Food Diets Diets that rely on a single food or drink, such as the cabbage soup diet, grapefruit diet, or Master Cleanse drink diet, as well as diets that rely on a single food group, like the fruitarian diet, are unsafe and lack key nutrients your body needs to function.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
6 Jan. 2026
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In fact, all members of the cabbage family can be stunted by clubroot, which is more likely to infect roots in acidic soil.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2026
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The vehicle is powered by an in-vehicle supercomputer built around eight NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor system-on-chips based on the Blackwell GPU architecture.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Semiconductor manufacturing requires huge amounts of ultra-clean water to rinse residue from silicon chips during the fabrication process, resulting in wastewater that contains pollutants, including heavy metals, which can be toxic to aquatic ecosystems and humans.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Kale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kale. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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