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
didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo
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Recent Examples of dough
At neighboring Torrey Pines High School, one student business is Sweet & Simple, specializing in edible cookie dough and cake kits.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Roll the dough into small balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
While cookie dough sits, preheat oven to 350°F with 1 oven rack in upper third of oven and 1 rack in lower third.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Recipe Tips For Hummingbird Cookies Let the dough to rest for a few minutes before baking; this allows the flour to hydrate and ends in a more tender cookie.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Roll the dough into small balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
While cookie dough sits, preheat oven to 350°F with 1 oven rack in upper third of oven and 1 rack in lower third.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Recipe Tips For Hummingbird Cookies Let the dough to rest for a few minutes before baking; this allows the flour to hydrate and ends in a more tender cookie.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dough
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Youngkin in 2021 raised $2.2 million in contributions, but the millionaire investor bolstered his war chest with $5.5million of his own money, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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By juggling school and a job at a lice clinic, one young woman found a way to finance her education Comments Cailin Hawn has worked at a lice clinic for five years in an attempt to make and save money for school.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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In turn, the government must borrow other money from the public to raise the cash needed.—
Doug Criscitello,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Skilled thieves target specific homes and literally knock on the door and otherwise check to find a time when nobody is home, then the crooks burglarize the home quickly looking for jewelry and cash.—
Greg Fisher,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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While Smoke heads to town to buy provisions for the club, Stack and Sammie hire another musician, the elderly Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who has been playing harmonica for coins at the train station.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some have rewards like valuable expendable items, such as keys to open locked doors or coins to exchange for tools like shovels and compasses.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Bears traded away a massive amount of draft currency, sending the 49ers a four-pack of picks — Nos. 3, 67 and 111 in that year’s draft plus a 2018 third-rounder — to slide up one peg to No. 2 on the draft board to draft Mitch Trubisky, a quarterback at North Carolina.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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Their faces have appeared on currency, Streets bear their names, children learn about them in school.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Dough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dough. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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