as in buck
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents a wad of dollars in his pocket

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Recent Examples of dollar For international trade and debts, on top of the hierarchy is the currency of the lending nation (such as remimbi, rupees or Euros), dollars or gold. Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 Launched and operated by parents, teachers and community members, charter schools are funded by tax dollars and subject to regulation by the Department of Education. Mars King, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025 Oracle's stock surge has pushed co-founder Larry Ellison's net worth higher by tens of billions of dollars the last two days and puts him ahead of Tesla CEO Elon Musk as the richest person in the world. Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025 The first people to grab them may now be holding onto assets that can sell for millions of dollars. Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dollar
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  • Ukrainians manufacture them, for only a few hundred bucks each, in warehouses and home garages throughout the country.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • CarGurus Intelligence Report Average new vehicle prices rose only about a hundred bucks between July and August from $49,400 to $49,500, according the Car Gurus August 2025 Intelligence Report released Thursday.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mahle views its range-extenders as far more than simple independent add-on, looking at them as one component in a holistic driving architecture in which smaller batteries can replace larger ones while still alleviating, rather than intensifying, range anxiety.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This one was a 12-yard slant to Stefanovich on a third down to invoke running time for the fourth quarter.
    Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollar. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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