Thesaurus results for WAMPUM

wampum

noun

ˈwäm-pəm

as in money

something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment made some real wampum on that last business deal

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Recent Examples of wampum Similar stories played out with other forms of money, such as wampum beads. —

Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Elizabeth James-Perry and Erin Genia: Wampanoag and Dakota Adornment James-Perry, honored this year with a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts, makes wampum jewelry, textiles, and maritime art directly tied to her Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal heritage. —

Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023 Some of their gear—a pair of shoes, a VHF radio, a wampum sash worth several thousand dollars—now resides on the canal’s bottom. —

Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023 There is a really quite amazing scene when Civility and Satcheechoe take a string of wampum and wrap it around the Pennsylvania governor’s arm to symbolically pull him to Albany to meet with all the Native people who have become involved in this case. —

Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for wampum

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Packing this $12 gadget could also save you money on budget airlines that charge an arm and a leg for access to in-flight entertainment.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
Evans wound up taking less money to leave Tampa Bay and sign with the 49ers.

— Vic Tafur, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026