sawbucks

noun

plural of sawbuck, slang
as in dollars

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawbucks
  1. dollars
  2. bucks
  3. ones
  4. hundreds
  5. tens
  6. fives
  7. cash
  8. fins
Noun
  • Additionally, the bill allows cities and counties to allocate up to 20% of the funds toward building affordable homes — a modest but welcome change for Bay Area communities facing persistent shortages of affordable housing dollars.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • TourProdEnter, a firm the couple incorporated in 2021, had served as the Argentina Football Association’s commercial agent and received hundreds of millions of dollars from international brand and sponsorship deals.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of dollars
Noun
  • Our price target is a bit higher at $265 — a couple of bucks shy of last Tuesday's highs.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • Million Dollar Trifle is a decadent layered dessert that looks and tastes like a million bucks, yet is extremely simple to make.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
Definition of bucks
Noun
  • That meant scenes like the ones above transpired for Brazil’s goals too.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The grim circumstances have since continued, according to the accounts of five immigrants detained there, their lawyers and loved ones.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
Definition of ones
Noun
  • In the heyday of the 1960s and ‘70s, the world’s oceans were sprinkled with hundreds of undersea habitats.
    — Alex Harris July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The surge is coming right at the peak of the summer driving season, which could cost Americans hundreds of millions of dollars more compared with this time last year.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • The small towns in southern Denton County are expecting to see tens of thousands of homes in the near future, but Montini said there’s no infrastructure to support the population growth.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Over nearly two decades, those additional contributions—not the initial government deposit—will largely determine whether a young adult reaches adulthood with a few thousand dollars or tens of thousands.
    — Darrick Hamilton, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of tens
Noun
  • LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of fives
Noun
  • Police located a third gun and an undisclosed amount of cash inside of a bag in a closet, BPD said.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
  • Conforti, an energy consultant making her third run for Congress, had less than $23,000 in campaign cash as of June 30.
    — Russell Lissau, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of cash
Noun
  • Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The sharks are another story — their flesh is not well regarded and is often given away, while its fins are considered poor quality for the global shark fin trade.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of fins
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