paper money

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Recent Examples of paper money This began to change in the late 1800s for a variety of reasons, in part due to coins being replaced with paper money and held within financial institutions, but also as women began to become more independent from the home. Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025 Unlike paper money, gold is a physical asset with intrinsic value. Mitch Salchow, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 What was the first country to use paper money? Alex Vance, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025 There has also been cyclicality in views about whether control of paper money promotes or degrades democracy. Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for paper money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper money
Noun
  • And public dollars will be used to help make such projects a reality.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
  • In contrast, education freedom is a bottom-up reform that can reverse declining test scores by moving students into better learning environments and ensuring tax dollars go to actual educational activities.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The program helps low-income households pay utility bills.
    Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Fortunately, there are other bills this legislative session that are promising.
    Eshan Dosani, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, at this point, the S23 and S24 phones are discounted by hundreds of dollars.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
  • With the lubricated ground shifting, at times, nine to 12 inches a week, utility companies shut off electricity, gas and internet for hundreds of homes.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Combs himself might have alluded to a propensity to stash money away in the 1997 hit that helped launch his rapping career after years as a producer and impresario.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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    Zehra Soysal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • In the next few years, expect to see even more people quietly stacking cash from their living rooms, offering hyper-specific products and services and never worrying about beating the algorithm.
    King Holder, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
  • Having to pay cash for everything up front has stifled businesses’ ability to grow.
    Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Utah was the first state to legalize gold and silver as legal tender in 2011.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2025
  • The ancients used it as legal tender.
    Larry Light, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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