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Recent Examples of paper money
The beans represent coins, the greens they are served with symbolize paper money, and cornbread is for gold.
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Vogue,
30 Dec. 2025
Even kids in elementary school now have their own debit cards, and plenty of today's children may never even handle paper money and coins.
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Melissa Willets,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
Why Countries May Back Digital Currency Each of the examples above highlights the fact that the problem isn’t the physical object, whether coins or paper money.
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Alex Pron,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
The parking kiosks the city plans to use will take credit cards and coins, but no paper money.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paper money
Vogue,
30 Dec. 2025
Even kids in elementary school now have their own debit cards, and plenty of today's children may never even handle paper money and coins.
—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
Why Countries May Back Digital Currency Each of the examples above highlights the fact that the problem isn’t the physical object, whether coins or paper money.
—
Alex Pron,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
The parking kiosks the city plans to use will take credit cards and coins, but no paper money.
—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paper money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper money
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One video advertises access to a longer clip of a boy toddler being abused for less than three dollars.
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The initial cost to install it at Beck Recreation Center in 2014 was nearly $35,000 dollars.
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At a news conference toward the end of Blatter’s reign, a prankster showered him with banknotes.
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The Treasury Department has issued other high-denomination banknotes over the years but discontinued them in July 1969.
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If the plant moves forward to the construction stage, the expenditures will not be recovered through local electric utility customer rates or consumer bills.
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None of those bills advanced, and the LGBTQ+ community received no additional resources to protect and defend itself.
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Countries buying oil did so in greenbacks.
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Alas, greenbacks are hardly available to people such as Tamara Mendoza, 65, who lives in the working-class Valle district.
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While fully waterproof ones are rare, plenty are water-resistant, which means most rain will roll off if angled properly.
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The companies that understand this transformation now are the ones that will be competitive later.
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What started as a handful of infested trees in Evergreen, Colorado, has turned into hundreds for landowner Jon Hager.
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France is under rare ‘red alert’ heat warnings, with temperatures over 100 degrees forcing restrictions on public drinking, canceled trains and concerts, and hundreds of schools closed amid safety fears.
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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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Conley also has the most campaign cash, with $940,000 on hand.
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This anonymous political cash is commonly known as dark money, and its prevalence is growing.
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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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