paper money

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Recent Examples of paper money During this time, China replaced its traditional currency of silver and gold with paper money. Hassan Tayir, CNN Money, 21 May 2025 Pretend money: Purchase fake paper money and roll it up to fit inside the plastic eggs. Erinne Magee, Parents, 16 Apr. 2025 Alexander Hamilton | $10 bill Hamilton is one of two non-Presidents featured on US paper money. Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025 Alexander Hamilton | $10 bill Hamilton is one of two non-Presidents featured on US paper money. Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paper money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper money
Noun
  • Many American medical scientists have found their research dollars dried up which has left me looking to European universities.
    Neil Mahto, Baltimore Sun, 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
  • The airport sued over that issue, and a court ruled in its favor, entering a temporary injunction directing city officials to use the sales tax money to pay off the bonds.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
  • When lenders turn off the money spigot – or charge dearly for access – that means regular people ultimately pay the price.
    Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The alternative is the Tier 3 cash payment option, which will be a share of the settlement after administration costs and claims are received.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Since the poll’s inception in 1998, the average cash gift left by the Tooth Fairy has increased 285% from $1.30 to $5.01 per tooth.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While coins currently in circulation will remain legal tender throughout the country, retailers may eventually start rounding prices to the nearest nickel to compensate.
    Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 June 2025
  • Other nations, such as El Salvador, have already embraced Bitcoin as legal tender, but a move of this magnitude from the world’s largest economy is unprecedented.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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