How to Use bolivar in a Sentence

bolivar

noun
  • The moves have done little to stop the bolivar’s fall.
    — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Cano said a family needs at least one million bolivares a month to put food on the table.
    — Cody Weddle and Jim Wyss, miamiherald, 19 May 2017
  • In the area around the mines, gold has replaced the near-worthless bolivar, with even the cost of a haircut quoted in gold.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • More than a year ago, one US dollar went for about 3,100 bolivares.
    — Andrea Diaz, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • At that rate, the largest denomination bill, the 100 bolivar note, is less worth than a cent.
    — Jim Wyss, miamiherald, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Venezuela's bolivar has lost most of its value due to the country's hyperinflation.
    — Jim Wyss, miamiherald, 20 June 2018
  • The Venezuelan bolivar has lost almost all of its value since 2007.
    — Mike Bird, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The value of the bolivar has plunged in value amid skyrocketing inflation in Venezuela.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2017
  • However, Venezuela’s 88%-a-month inflation will halve the bolivar’s spending power in less than two months.
    — Simon Constable, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2018
  • Buying common items such as toilet paper, or paying a taxi driver, requires stacks of the official currency, called the bolivar.
    — Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
  • At the official rate, the US dollar is pegged at about 231 Venezuelan bolivars.
    — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The salary increase ordered by Maduro will simply put more bolivares in the hands of consumers, who will rush to buy the few products available in stores and thereby drive prices even higher.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, miamiherald, 2 May 2018
  • Venezuelan bolivars acquired on the black market could then be used to buy back dollars at the government rate, allowing the people involved to reap massive profits.
    — José De Córdoba, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
  • Venezuela could effectively default on its petro obligations by choosing an exchange rate between oil and bolivars that is far out of line with market realities.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Even Venezuela’s shanties were made with solid construction materials such as brick and concrete, made cheap by a strong bolivar, Venezuela’s currency.
    — The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Economists say simply chopping zeros off the bolivar notes is unlikely to halt hyperinflation, since the government would still be printing reams of cash.
    — Rachelle Krygier, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2018
  • People with jobs that pay them in US dollars or other foreign or cryptocurrencies live in a different reality than those who are paid in bolivars.
    — Cady Voge, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2018
  • In the past week, the bolivar has lost 42% of its value against the dollar on the black market, prompting shopkeepers to change prices daily in a country with the world’s highest inflation rate.
    — Ryan Dube, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Unlike Venezuela’s official currency, the bolivar, the petro exists online only and is not regulated by the central bank.
    — Fabiana Sofia Perera, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The trend is sparking a growing inequity between Venezuelans with dollars and those stuck with an increasingly worthless local currency, the bolivar.
    — Santiago Pérez, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Then, to try to wish away the resulting inflation, the regime instituted a series of price and currency controls that told businesses what they were allowed to charge, and what the bolivar was supposed to be worth.
    — Matt O'Brien, Twin Cities, 8 June 2017
  • Maduro set the new monthly minimum wage at 1,800 sovereign bolivars, the new currency that goes into effect Monday.
    — Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018
  • Already near-worthless, the local currency — the bolivar — continued to collapse, with its black-market rate against the dollar falling nearly 10 percent overnight.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Depending on driving distance from the water point, Sanchez charges about 18 million bolivars to fill an average residential building’s tank.
    — Patricia Laya, Bloomberg.com, 25 June 2018
  • At the same time, socialist authorities are looking the other way as the greenback has replaced the worthless local currency, the bolivar, as an accepted form of payment for purchasing even a slice of pizza.
    — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The Venezuelan government halted the repatriation of ticket sales made in the country’s national currency – bolivars.
    — Fox News, 5 June 2017
  • With inflation running in excess of 700 percent and the bolivar currency in free fall, finding food and medicine in Venezuela has become a frustrating, time-consuming task.
    — Jim Wyss, miamiherald, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The bolivar’s plunge can be partially explained by the US military’s show of force, as nervous Venezuelans seek to purchase hard currency as a hedge against an uncertain future.
    — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Each collector item produced by Richard Segovia fetches between $10 and $15 — a huge markup from the pennies that bolivars retrieve on Venezuela’s black market.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • In May, the government ended foreign-currency controls for banks, allowing dollars to circulate freely alongside the beleaguered bolivar.
    — Ryan Dube, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020

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