as in cash
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
I prefer to carry only paper currency, as coins are too heavy
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Recent Examples of currency
Revenue was up 55% last quarter year-over-year, stripping out currency fluctuations.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Complaint is the currency of sports.
—Greg Cote
may 18, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
There’s a currency that accompanies youth and beauty.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Cultural taste + nuance = new creative currency.
—Art Mandalas, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Complaint is the currency of sports.
—Greg Cote
may 18, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
There’s a currency that accompanies youth and beauty.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Cultural taste + nuance = new creative currency.
—Art Mandalas, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for currency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for currency
Noun
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Wells Fargo has an excellent no-annual-fee travel card — the Wells Fargo Autograph® Card — that gets you access to all of Wells Fargo's transfer partners, easy 1-cent-per-point cash redemptions and excellent bonus spending categories.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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All tips remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2026
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That report shows the amount of money spent on sportsbook television advertising is down from a peak in 2021 and the industry airs far fewer commercials than the pharmaceutical sector.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Their profession alchemizes money and labor into art, then back to money.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Please be fair and show the other side of the coin.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The latest research, which includes the trajectory-tweaking gravitational effects of several satellite galaxies, indicates the odds of a collision are 50–50—a coin toss.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
22 May 2026
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“Currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currency. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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