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
went to the ATM to get more cash
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Recent Examples of cash
If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will keep ticking up.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
To be clear, the cash component in the Mountain West and Pac-12 deals isn’t immaterial — certainly not in the era of revenue sharing and NIL.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
As of Saturday, the Healey Committee is reporting $4,712,738 in cash on hand.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
There’s a chance that you, too, have been traded by the Chicago Bulls for a second-round draft pick and cash considerations.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
To be clear, the cash component in the Mountain West and Pac-12 deals isn’t immaterial — certainly not in the era of revenue sharing and NIL.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
As of Saturday, the Healey Committee is reporting $4,712,738 in cash on hand.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
There’s a chance that you, too, have been traded by the Chicago Bulls for a second-round draft pick and cash considerations.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cash
Noun
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Karen Powers overheard the adjuster accusing her husband and brother of having failed to perform work with the money that State Farm had issued on the earlier claim.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Cathy is also a woman feeling the pressure of getting married, ideally to a dude with money.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And then on the flip side of the coin, there was a lot going on.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Consider the fate of the $TRUMP meme coin, currently trading below its high of $39 and its low of somewhere south of the Ninth Circle of Hell.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Protests sprang up all over Iran in December and January, largely fueled by an unaffordability crisis driven by inflation and the depreciation of the country’s currency.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Investigators said Dicer paid those boys in classroom currency.—
Jennifer Borrasso,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cash. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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