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Recent Examples of sawbuckIn most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.—PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025 But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021 And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019 The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
The Trump administration is threatening billions of dollars in federal funding to elite universities over their policies on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
Further adding to gold’s luster is the dulled appeal of the U.S. dollar.
While ranking in the fifties were science and research, transportation, child and elder care, education and training, and finance and insurance.
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Amanda Kavanagh | This Column was created by Jobbio,
The Hill,
28 Mar. 2025
In reviewing several recent books and mentioning others, Mead writes about the symptoms of menopause, and then goes on to concentrate almost exclusively on hormone-replacement therapy for women in their fifties and sixties.
The tournament’s economic impact is projected to be in the tens of millions and according to Wilson, it is also expected to generate $2.5 million of charitable impact with several different entities and nonprofits benefiting, including First Tee of Greater Philadelphia.
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Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Fierce winds brought down trees and power lines, leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power by the afternoon.
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