sawbucks

noun

plural of sawbuck, slang
as in dollars

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  1. dollars
  2. bucks
  3. ones
  4. hundreds
  5. tens
  6. fives
  7. cash
  8. fins
Noun
  • Each percentage-point rise in a mortgage rate can impose thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in additional borrowing costs each year, depending on the price of the house.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Binance faces a potential security crisis after blockchain data revealed billions of dollars in cryptocurrency moving out of wallets associated with the exchange.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of dollars
Noun
  • Lula's victory bucks a broader rightward shift across Latin America in recent years.
    — Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
  • At nearly 16 bucks, a three-street-taco combo at Serrano’s actually costs a bit more than a similar plate at a brick-and-mortar such as Taqueria La Flama.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of bucks
Noun
  • Harvard Health’s advice on coping with holiday grief suggests adjusting celebrations or starting new rituals when the old ones feel too heavy.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In my experience, negative comments outnumber positive ones by an even wider margin than the nearly two-to-one ratio University of Minnesota researchers found.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of ones
Noun
  • Black neighborhoods north and northwest of downtown Jacksonville endure poverty, pollution, and high incidences of lead poisoning, cancer, and other diseases — and hundreds of shootings involving children.
    — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The company said Cheerios and Ziploc receive hundreds of thousands of requests, comments and reactions annually about cereal packaging.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • Over 7 million people were eligible to vote, and tens of thousands reportedly arrived from overseas.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • With a consequential election in Israel Tuesday, tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad have flown in just to cast their ballots.
    — Matt Gutman, CBS News, 27 Oct. 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
  • The 2026 midterm elections are set to become the most expensive on record, as Republicans pour cash into battleground races to defy history and maintain control of Congress.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That allows rights owners to unlock cash from income streams that may continue for decades.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Oct. 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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