as in bucks
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents
a wad of dollars in his pocket
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Recent Examples of dollars
Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
The wall is under heavy scrutiny for the billions of dollars being dedicated to it when border crossings are at their lowest in decades.
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Rebecca Santana,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
There were tens of thousands of dollars sent to him, the complaint alleges, for things like dental work, a pickup truck, a motorcycle and to fund a legitimate social media career and future together.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
On average, a billion dollars can earn $40 million in compound interest every year, meaning Swift may seeing well over $80 million in interest annually.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Alongside its technology peers, Microsoft has sunk tens of billions of dollars into building data centers that run generative AI models.
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Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
And what people in that district are exhausted by is a politics that has justified the spending of tens of billions of dollars in killing civilians overseas, while working people are struggling just to do the basics.
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ABC News,
28 June 2026
Kudos to Scott Maxwell for taking on Orange County Major Jerry Demings over plans to yet again squander a small fortune of local tax dollars on boondoggle tourism projects.
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Mike Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Swift was never designed to be repaired, let alone retrieved by hands — human or otherwise.
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Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
The wall is under heavy scrutiny for the billions of dollars being dedicated to it when border crossings are at their lowest in decades.
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Rebecca Santana,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
There were tens of thousands of dollars sent to him, the complaint alleges, for things like dental work, a pickup truck, a motorcycle and to fund a legitimate social media career and future together.
—
Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
On average, a billion dollars can earn $40 million in compound interest every year, meaning Swift may seeing well over $80 million in interest annually.
—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Alongside its technology peers, Microsoft has sunk tens of billions of dollars into building data centers that run generative AI models.
—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
And what people in that district are exhausted by is a politics that has justified the spending of tens of billions of dollars in killing civilians overseas, while working people are struggling just to do the basics.
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ABC News,
28 June 2026
Kudos to Scott Maxwell for taking on Orange County Major Jerry Demings over plans to yet again squander a small fortune of local tax dollars on boondoggle tourism projects.
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Mike Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Swift was never designed to be repaired, let alone retrieved by hands — human or otherwise.
—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollars
bucks
Noun
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So with a few exceptions, oil changes at Rohrman Automotive Group dealers are fifty bucks, for full synthetic oil up to seven quarts.
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These travelers aren't interested in roughing it to save a few bucks either.
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“Dollars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollars. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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