How to Use money grab in a Sentence

money grab

noun
  • But, in general, there’s a sense that follow-up films are money grabs.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This is nothing but a $77 million money grab scam.
    — CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • At the same time … the studios are pumping out money grabs like Donkey at an alarming pace.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Big farewell shows can feel like money grabs, especially when the artist manages to return again a few years later.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Others see it as a money grab in which the country is being mortgaged in the name of fighting criminal gangs.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This is a big reason for the ongoing money grabs such as the garbage fees and Balboa Park parking fees.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Advocates of this proposal have been pushing for these kinds of money grabs for decades—and their arguments often run the same.
    — Daniel Bunn, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • My electricity use has not changed over this period, so the increases are simply money grabs — and for what reason?
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The net result of this money grab is that attending an event downtown will no longer be affordable to many more San Diegans.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In short, this is nothing more than a digital money grab, and your AI anxiety is justified.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • People want to know if these founders are just slapping their names on bottles as an easy money grab and or as a way to stay relevant in the ever-shifting media landscape.
    — Akili King, Essence, 14 Jan. 2026
  • While acknowledging earlier outrage from critics who blasted the proposal as a money grab, Ald.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Hart’s influence on his business approach has been huge, particularly around the importance of relationships over money grabs.
    — Essence, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Isn’t the modern sporting landscape supposed to be about money grabs and venture capital knee-bending and entertainment districts built alongside new stadium venues?
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • These annual events are money grabs disguised as baseball, but our roster had college-worthy players who were receiving legitimate interest.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • You’ve just been ambushed by a federal money grab that this nation hasn’t witnessed in recent history, the equivalent of a national sales tax—branded under another name.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Californians should turn towards solutions promoting a healthy economy and reject this special interest money grab.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Restrain your anger and disappointment over FIFA’s corporate greed and unabashed ploy to capitalize on this every-four-year money grab.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • The money grab by the NBA, which signed an 11-year deal with Prime Video, isn’t worth it if the network can’t telecast a game without technical difficulties.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Altman admitted that the Sora 2 image generator is mostly an entertaining money grab to offset the cost of GPUs.
    — PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Critics, meanwhile, call Florida’s speed-camera law a money grab made possible through lobbying by camera operators that share the violation revenue with local governments and the state.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This lawsuit is a desperate money grab by additional members of the Cascio family who have hopped on the bandwagon with their brother Frank, who is already being sued in arbitration for civil extortion.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026

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