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Recent Examples of lucre Morton earned his lucre as an enforcer in the drug trade, committing a murder here and there. Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023 But the increasingly big business of college sports is driven, more than ever, by football’s television lucre. Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023 And now, thanks to the Biden administration’s move, the United States has taken a clear step back—and opened the door once more for foreign regimes flooding these think tanks with their lucre. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 12 May 2023 Still, these players could be earning much more, if only the schools themselves, who are showering in lucre provided by media-rights contracts, gate receipts, and other sources, were allowed to share revenue with them. Time, 6 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for lucre
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lucre
Noun
  • Youngkin in 2021 raised $2.2 million in contributions, but the millionaire investor bolstered his war chest with $5.5million of his own money, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Then, the team spent a ton of money in free agency to improve the roster on both sides of the ball.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At least not for Disney, which gave it a brief try and has now meekly implied that for it, profits come before principles.
    Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In 2016, the NBA reduced its playoff cut to 25%, providing a significant boost in the opportunity for postseason profits.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Since the recent downturn, I have been asked repeatedly about what to do, and whether to sell out and go to cash.
    Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • One afternoon, Coogler stopped by a Bank of America to make a sizable cash withdrawal from his account to cover some family expenses.
    Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Customers, who had access to more than 20 crypto coins at the time, were either shunted to Blockchain.com or liquidated their holdings.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
  • But this was still just the flip of a coin, essentially.
    Ruthie Ackerman, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Bears traded away a massive amount of draft currency, sending the 49ers a four-pack of picks — Nos. 3, 67 and 111 in that year’s draft plus a 2018 third-rounder — to slide up one peg to No. 2 on the draft board to draft Mitch Trubisky, a quarterback at North Carolina.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Their faces have appeared on currency, Streets bear their names, children learn about them in school.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Lucre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lucre. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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