as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments
that makes good pecuniary sense the judge recused himself from the case because he had a pecuniary interest in the company that was being sued
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Recent Examples of pecuniary
On and Off the Air, Augusta’s finicky and exacting in-house rules restrict the tourney’s media partners from alluding to pecuniary matters of any stripe.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The focus on Musk’s potential pecuniary interests misses his more powerful philosophical motivations.
—Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
The temporary pecuniary gains of fraudulent practices are outweighed by the near certainty, especially at this scale, of prosecution and the financial ruin and reputational damage that comes with it.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But Trump’s trade war has been even more damaging to the tech right’s high-minded goals than to its narrow pecuniary ones.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The focus on Musk’s potential pecuniary interests misses his more powerful philosophical motivations.
—Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
The temporary pecuniary gains of fraudulent practices are outweighed by the near certainty, especially at this scale, of prosecution and the financial ruin and reputational damage that comes with it.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But Trump’s trade war has been even more damaging to the tech right’s high-minded goals than to its narrow pecuniary ones.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pecuniary
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Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The audio-streaming platform has amassed a sizable free cash flow due to its strong revenue growth, a figure that has been boosted by the company's swelling active user base in recent financial quarters.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Improving business environment While trade tensions and worries about China's economic slowdown weighed on the near-term outlook, the survey respondents indicated significant improvement in the local regulatory environment.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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This initial forecast by Deloitte is based on economic calculations and does not reflect consumer trends or consumer expectations about holiday spending plans.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Pecuniary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pecuniary. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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