paper money

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Recent Examples of paper money Alexander Hamilton | $10 bill Hamilton is one of two non-Presidents featured on US paper money. Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025 This began to change in the late 1800s for a variety of reasons, in part due to coins being replaced with paper money and held within financial institutions, but also as women began to become more independent from the home. Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025 Unlike paper money, gold is a physical asset with intrinsic value. Mitch Salchow, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 What was the first country to use paper money? Alex Vance, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paper money
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Noun
  • Another five hundred billion dollars in cuts were left unspecified.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Global automakers are planning to spend more than half a trillion dollars on EVs and their batteries through 2030, according to a Reuters analysis.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Fortunately, there are other bills this legislative session that are promising.
    Eshan Dosani, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The program helps low-income households pay utility bills.
    Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • All schools in Ireland and Northern Ireland were closed on Friday, while hundreds were also shuttered across Scotland, with Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney also warning against travel.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Having hundreds of officers out on permanent injury or sick leave, plus dozens more detailed to various specialized task forces, has exacerbated the staffing crunch.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • So, for an organisation struggling to find the money needed to make English football’s grassroots facilities green and pleasant once more, Khan’s offer was timely and tempting.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 7 June 2025
  • The film’s most frightening scene is a fight between Claire and her mom, when the manipulative young woman tries every tactic imaginable to extort money from Kate, from tearing out her hair to kidnapping Cooper.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • While cash incentives and catchy songs haven’t proven very effective at convincing people around the world to have children, one thing experts believe might work is cheap or free childcare.
    Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 15 June 2025
  • However, the judge ruled neither exchange could be entered as evidence, saying the $1 million cash conversation was too prejudicial, while the Gina message lacked context and the necessary foundation to be shown to the jury.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Although the Treasury Department recently announced plans to stop production of the one-cent coin, the penny will remain legal tender.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
  • Unless a law is passed that transforms a virtual currency into legal tender, companies and individuals won’t be obligated to accept it as a form of payment.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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