legal tender

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Recent Examples of legal tender Pennies will remain legal tender and can still be used or exchanged at banks, credit unions, and Coinstar kiosks in Ohio and nationwide. Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 While coins currently in circulation will remain legal tender throughout the country, retailers may eventually start rounding prices to the nearest nickel to compensate. Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 June 2025 Even after production stops, pennies will remain legal tender in the U.S. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 June 2025 But the penny will still remain legal tender, and will still be in use at thousands of retailers around the country for sometime to come. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal tender
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legal tender
Noun
  • The prize, granted by the Culture Ministry’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), carries a cash award of €30,000 ($35,100).
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Organize liquidity needs Even your cash needs should be thoughtfully allocated and not all lumped into one savings account or money market fund.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Corporations love money more than anything, & this will really harm them and force them to do the right thing.
    Amanda Castro Shane Croucher Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Biglari’s core demands were to stop opening new stores entirely, eliminate the development team to save money, and focus exclusively on improving existing store operations rather than expansion.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The brand showcased new versions of its viral Kisslock bag and mini coin purses worn as necklaces (plus, more print media, with tiny books in the form of earrings and bag charms).
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Accessories included snap coin purse necklaces and clutches as well as dangling earrings made of small (real) books — a reference to the boxes of books and other ephemera residents leave out on stoops to pass along.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Chinese yuan's recent rally against the greenback may still have room to run as Beijing guides the currency higher and is seen as favoring holding off on the next rate cut.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Visa, for example, supports USDC, EuroC, USDG and PYUSD as settlement currencies on its network across four different blockchains, seven days a week.
    Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Software developers who are looking for a few bucks on the side are willing to take on these duties.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Near the end of their trip, Frazier loaned Ali a hundred bucks.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025

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