specie

noun

Definition of specienext
as in currency

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  1. currency
  2. coinage
  3. cash
  4. money
  5. gold
  6. coin
  7. change
  8. bread
Noun
  • Record the currency and date and get cancellation, refund and revision terms in writing.
    — Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Just two years ago, Republicans boasted about their new currency with Black men and Latino voters.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of currency
Noun
  • That was an early-nineteenth-century coinage, used for hailing a fellow from afar.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Within a year of its onset, the economic depression practically eradicated the need to mint any new coinage for months.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of coinage
Noun
  • Freed of a cash crunch, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority’s 2027 preliminary budget shows a significant boost in spending as the super agency powers up to deliver more bus and rail service for riders.
    — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Advisors typically recommend keeping at least three to six months of living expenses in cash for emergency savings.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of cash
Noun
  • Chambers himself is now accused of riot, conspiracy to riot, and money laundering offenses, defense attorney Aitor Martínez Jiménez told the Washington Examiner.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
  • So much of it is unfortunately about money now, more than ever before.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of money
Noun
  • The two-room suite is located up the stairs in the main house, and is done up in a 2020s-does-midcentury style, with cherry wood paneling, macramé, hanging plants, and gold and honeycomb accents.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The outbreak was first detected in Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town of around 130,000 people in Ituri province in northeastern Congo, after the WHO was alerted on May 5 about an unusual cluster of illness and deaths.
    — Anthony W. Gambino, Time, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of gold
Noun
  • Farrington won the coin toss, and the presiding judge then dealt cards for a single hand of five-card stud poker.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Putting the chemistry through thousands of cycles The researchers demonstrated the electrolyte in both pouch and coin cells.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of coin
Noun
  • Huang has said that this system gives his company the flexibility to react to rapid changes in technology and remain agile.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • These changes could produce effects that scientists currently attribute to dark matter and dark energy.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of change
Noun
  • Today’s recipe This recipe was inspired by the blueberry breakfast bread at Sonoma County’s Sea Ranch Lodge.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Her South American sensibility means breads are made with flours like quinoa, cassava, and sweet potato, which gives them a delightful chewiness.
    — Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of bread
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“Specie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specie. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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