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Recent Examples of tennerThat’s just me, though, and if an American citizen wants to put a tenner on the Lakers’ likelihood to hire on even more geriatric former stars, then feel free.—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022 Putting down an odd number, such as $10.11 instead of just a tenner, in the closing hours is her lucky tip for beating the masses.—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 31 May 2022 In fact, some of those picks cost less than a tenner and still come with all the same nourishing, hydrating, and dirt-busting ingredients as fan-favorite luxury products.—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 11 June 2021 The most uncivilised and barren modern habit is to negotiate a present truce among family and friends for Christmas, or to stipulate nothing costing more than a tenner.—A.a. Gill, A-LIST, 4 July 2018 Beyond the basics, Lidl was recently awarded several accolades for its wine selection, most of which will only cost you a tenner.—Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2018 The new note is replacing a tenner featuring Charles Darwin.—Claire Zillman, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2017
The firms and governments that treat CCU as a strategic imperative today will be the ones shaping tomorrow’s markets.
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Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Since pivoting from black and pinto beans to roasted and ground ones, Niccol has been trying to reverse Starbucks’s falling sales by returning to its coffeehouse origins.
The South Korean workers' treatment stands in stark contrast to the experiences of tens of thousands of Mexicans, Venezuelans and Guatemalans who face months in jail-like detention centers before being forcibly deported.
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Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Speaking at an Africa climate summit, Ruto said climate inaction was costing tens of thousands of lives, compounding development challenges for the world’s poorest nations after massive international aid cuts.
He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.
This agreement aims to bolster collaboration between the two nations' trillion-dollar tech sectors, enhancing opportunities for businesses and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Economic response The trillions of dollars in revenue earned annually from the region’s oil and gas exports are strategically invested in global assets, which partially leverages the region’s soft power to secure influence in the world’s key decision-making centers.
For the record, the Aztec Room & Patio can accommodate some 200 visitors, and yes, that 19-foot ceiling is genuine 18-karat--nary a pre-Depression sawbuck was spared when constructing this masterpiece.
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David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.
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