pelf

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Recent Examples of pelf Thomasine and Bushrod join up (as sheriffs relate) and share their pelf with Mexicans, Native Americans, other Black people, and poor white people. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pelf
Noun
  • Corporations love money more than anything, & this will really harm them and force them to do the right thing.
    Amanda Castro Shane Croucher Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Biglari’s core demands were to stop opening new stores entirely, eliminate the development team to save money, and focus exclusively on improving existing store operations rather than expansion.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The associate handed each worker a stack of cash.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Despite having a reputation for being at the cutting-edge of technological trends, cash is king in Japan.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Such coins are popular in the national security community as tokens of appreciation, but this one was much larger than usual.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Letters from nobles and tavern menus are presented as handouts and players keep track of their treasure with little punch out gold coins.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Chinese yuan's recent rally against the greenback may still have room to run as Beijing guides the currency higher and is seen as favoring holding off on the next rate cut.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Visa, for example, supports USDC, EuroC, USDG and PYUSD as settlement currencies on its network across four different blockchains, seven days a week.
    Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • CarGurus Intelligence Report Average new vehicle prices rose only about a hundred bucks between July and August from $49,400 to $49,500, according the Car Gurus August 2025 Intelligence Report released Thursday.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And a kid down the street sold me his brother’s bass for 10 bucks.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Pelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pelf. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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