paper money

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Recent Examples of paper money In recent years, aided by the wider paper trail inherent in the shift from paper money to credit cards, the IRS started policing tip reporting on tax returns more carefully. Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025 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 Earlier rulers had sanctioned paper money, but always alongside coins, which had been around for centuries. IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012 See All Example Sentences for paper money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper money
Noun
  • Today, a lot of big companies—Softbank, Alibaba, etc—are plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Fees for nonresident buses also go up several dollars.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Explaining banknotes’ appeal, the European Central Bank study says that in moments of acute stress the public sees cash as a reliable store of value and a resilient means of payment.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But Nshombo quickly suspended the operation days later, saying the bank agents were overwhelmed by the load of banknotes brought forward to be changed.
    JANVIER BARHAHIGA, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Dude confiscated it for greenbacks, melted it down, and buried it?
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • During a shutdown, other bills can be brought up for a vote, but all energy would likely be focused on bringing a CR to the floor.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe you’re feeling tempted to splurge on something fun, but are somehow reminded of bills or savings goals.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Olsen’s dental team also had to rebuild her jawbone with cadaver bone grafts, wire her jaw shut, remove broken teeth, and stabilize ones that became loose.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The duo poured cups of coffee from a rotation of conventional café spaces, such as Milwaukee Caffé, and unconventional ones, like Savvy Chic, a clothing and homeware boutique in Eastern Market.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • States Say Huge Cuts Arbitrary In the new case, the suing states—led by Illinois and joined by California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and others—say DHS responded to Smith’s ruling by abruptly reallocating hundreds of millions of dollars away from them.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.
    Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Antifa International raises money through standing campaigns on Patreon, FundRazr, and the Action Network, a fundraising platform used to mobilize support for left-wing causes.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The industry's value balloons to at least $3 billion when counting money spent by private schools and in higher education, according to another report from data analytics firm Omdia.
    Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For example, entrepreneurs overall didn’t get a big cash windfall or rely heavily on debt to start their businesses.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Vachon even posed the question of whether working with major brands is all that different from banking on cash rebates that stipulate certain creative conditions, such as having heads of department who come from the countries providing the relief.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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