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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
are you sure you have enough money to buy all that?
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as in fat cat
a wealthy person
she had always planned to marry money
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Recent Examples of money
This lightweight and comfortable money belt is easy to wear and offers security via RFID-blocking technology and hidden compartments.
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Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
The executive budget is the next step in the budget process, and represents the final round of negotiations between the mayor and City Council in deciding how to allocate the city’s money in the upcoming fiscal year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The taxpayer money that McCrory helped to secure for Blue Hills was also spent on several consulting firms, which are now being investigated by the FBI.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Where do schools actually get their money?
—Cory Turner, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
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Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
The executive budget is the next step in the budget process, and represents the final round of negotiations between the mayor and City Council in deciding how to allocate the city’s money in the upcoming fiscal year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The taxpayer money that McCrory helped to secure for Blue Hills was also spent on several consulting firms, which are now being investigated by the FBI.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Where do schools actually get their money?
—Cory Turner, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for money
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Sun Pharma plans to fund the acquisition through a mix of internal cash and financing from banks.—
Baiju Kalesh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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The irregular flow of cash will distort their financial reports and could deepen mistrust that the county has adequate guardrails to properly account for where taxpayers’ money is ending up.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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President Trump and his health leaders have repeatedly directed their ire toward health insurance companies, painting them as fat cats that need to be reined in.—
Bob Herman,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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His fat cat industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda is no underground rebel.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Trump says administration is weighing a currency swap with UAE to help bolster finances of Mideast ally rattled by war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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If someone asks for payment through Bitcoin, Ethereum or another digital currency, assume the request is suspicious until proven otherwise.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Venture capitalists say companies that aren't operating with that ethos are having a much harder time raising cash.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Venture capitalist Ethan Agarwal launched a primary challenge against Khanna, accusing him of prioritizing future presidential ambitions over his district’s interests.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Both metals are accessible through physical bars and coins, ETFs, mining stocks or futures contracts.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Oliver needed to liquidate $200,000 from his stock and bond portfolio, convert it to cash and use it to buy gold coins.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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During his tenure at Daqo New Energy, the Chinese manufacturing magnate landed in hot water with the federal government multiple times over his links to the Chinese Communist Party’s repression of religious and ethnic minorities.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Apr. 2026
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Designed by architect Andreas Kriezis—who also transformed King Otto’s former palace into the Greek Parliament building on nearby Syntagma Square—it was commissioned by Dimitrios Kallimasiotis, a shipping magnate and politician, as his residence.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Pepsi faced bogus charges for making volume deals that let families buy soda 12-packs for a few bucks — not at boutique pricing of a dollar per can.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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These bucks need to wait in line.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cousin’s body was sprawled on the bed — nude with a silk stocking tied tightly around her neck.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
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“Money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/money. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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