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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 is the same woman who platformed Moritz and who continually chooses the security money affords.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
The story follows young Emil, whose money for his grandmother is stolen during his train trip to Berlin.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Trump has an eye-popping amount of money to spend on the midterms.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
But National Park Service money is quickly dwindling.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
The story follows young Emil, whose money for his grandmother is stolen during his train trip to Berlin.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Trump has an eye-popping amount of money to spend on the midterms.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
But National Park Service money is quickly dwindling.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for money
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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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Readers of the Herald’s reports on public payroll fat cats are familiar with the lofty salaries doled out at the University of Massachusetts, aka The One Percent.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
18 Jan. 2026
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Nah, that's for the fat cats and money-grubbers.—
Steph Wagner,
CNBC,
1 Jan. 2026
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Protests sprang up all over Iran in December and January, largely fueled by an unaffordability crisis driven by inflation and the depreciation of the country’s currency.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Investigators said Dicer paid those boys in classroom currency.—
Jennifer Borrasso,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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On August 20, 2011, legendary venture capitalist Marc Andreessen published a blog post—and an accompanying essay in The Wall Street Journal—that would become the sacred texts of the Silicon Valley bull run.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Other prominent donors to Mahan include billionaire investor and SpaceX board member Steve Jurvetson, venture capitalist Brian Singerman and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
12 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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The host of 'Catching the Codfather' explains why his new podcast about a notorious fishing magnate is really about regulation, science, and the American dream.—
Abigail Wise,
Outside,
13 Feb. 2026
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Casino magnate Neil Bluhm and his family’s foundation are donating another $50 million to Northwestern Medicine to further expand and support cardiac care.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Millions of dollars in federal funds were set to flow once again to the Hudson River Tunnel Thursday night, after a federal court order blocking the bucks expired.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Over 3 billion bucks in overall box office take?—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 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 18 Feb. 2026.
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