legal tender

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Recent Examples of legal tender However, they cannot be used as legal tender. Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025 Singapore’s Monetary Authority stopped issuing one-cent coins from April 2002, though existing one-cent coins remain legal tender. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025 Since adopting bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador has charted a new course. Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The Central American country adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021. Alex Recouso, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for legal tender
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legal tender
Noun
  • In the next few years, expect to see even more people quietly stacking cash from their living rooms, offering hyper-specific products and services and never worrying about beating the algorithm.
    King Holder, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
  • Having to pay cash for everything up front has stifled businesses’ ability to grow.
    Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Combs himself might have alluded to a propensity to stash money away in the 1997 hit that helped launch his rapping career after years as a producer and impresario.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Noun
  • An affiliate of The Trump Organization and the company Fight Fight Fight LLC own 80% of the meme coins, according to the cryptocurrency's website.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Trump spoke to the top 220 investors of his meme coin at his Virginia golf club after flying there from the White House on a military helicopter.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • American tariffs are anticipated to further take a toll on U.S. currency values.
    Allison Landa, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
  • But since no bank will accept opinions as currency, some change is warranted here.
    Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025

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“Legal tender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legal%20tender. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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