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or moolah
as in money
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
we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system
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Recent Examples of moola
OpenAI continues to barrel toward a potential IPO at the end of this year, eyeing ways to bring in more moola.
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Reece Rogers,
Wired News,
1 May 2026
Boys Go to Jupiter is surreal; the contrast between the eccentric visuals and the way everything still comes back to having enough moolah gives the movie its juice.
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James Grebey,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
And even the great man had to battle at times for a dollar before departing to take Ferrari's moola.
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Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
The offer-by-offer media coverage helped Soto transcend the sport, attracting fans mesmerized by entertainers and the intrigue surrounding their staggering big moolah deals.
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Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
14 Dec. 2024
Bennett explains that if anyone quits the game, their share of the moolah exits with them.
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Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
29 Sep. 2024
The Emeril Lagasse Foundation Innovation Kitchen (the celebrity chef/restaurateur’s foundation donated a pot-full of moola).
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Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2023
Not entirely surprising, as online vintage shopping is a haven for people who have worked in editorial but don’t quite have the moola to spend on the products featured in their magazines.
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Liana Satenstein,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2021
Behind the film lie the Panama Papers—the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2019
Reece Rogers,
Wired News,
1 May 2026
Boys Go to Jupiter is surreal; the contrast between the eccentric visuals and the way everything still comes back to having enough moolah gives the movie its juice.
—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
And even the great man had to battle at times for a dollar before departing to take Ferrari's moola.
—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
The offer-by-offer media coverage helped Soto transcend the sport, attracting fans mesmerized by entertainers and the intrigue surrounding their staggering big moolah deals.
—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
14 Dec. 2024
Bennett explains that if anyone quits the game, their share of the moolah exits with them.
—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
29 Sep. 2024
The Emeril Lagasse Foundation Innovation Kitchen (the celebrity chef/restaurateur’s foundation donated a pot-full of moola).
—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2023
Not entirely surprising, as online vintage shopping is a haven for people who have worked in editorial but don’t quite have the moola to spend on the products featured in their magazines.
—
Liana Satenstein,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2021
Behind the film lie the Panama Papers—the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax.
—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moola
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Medora Lee is a money, markets, and personal finance reporter at USA TODAY.
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Nathan quickly discovered that limited money forces difficult choices.
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SpaceX’s compensation philosophy historically favored equity over cash salaries, so this windfall extends well beyond executives and engineers to include nontechnical staff, entry-level workers and even cafeteria employees.
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If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will keep ticking up.
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Those starting out with smaller investment limits might consider coins or small bullions, while those with higher balances to transfer might consider using a gold IRA.
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Retail prices for coins and bars typically include premiums above the spot price.
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The company was saving a few bucks but ruining its product.
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Lenovo Laptop Deals Lenovo makes some of the most stylish and sophisticated Windows laptops out there, and a Prime Day discount that brings the exceptional Slim 7i Aura Edition down to a thousand bucks is well worth noting.
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“Moola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moola. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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