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Recent Examples of paper money
For instance, investors would invest in Union government IOUs and with this money in the Treasury, the Union government printed paper money with nothing to back it but the promise of victory.
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David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Even kids in elementary school now have their own debit cards, and plenty of today's children may never even handle paper money and coins.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
Why Countries May Back Digital Currency Each of the examples above highlights the fact that the problem isn’t the physical object, whether coins or paper money.
—Alex Pron, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The parking kiosks the city plans to use will take credit cards and coins, but no paper money.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Even kids in elementary school now have their own debit cards, and plenty of today's children may never even handle paper money and coins.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
Why Countries May Back Digital Currency Each of the examples above highlights the fact that the problem isn’t the physical object, whether coins or paper money.
—Alex Pron, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The parking kiosks the city plans to use will take credit cards and coins, but no paper money.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper money
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Personal Injury Attorney John Morgan also stepped away after from the Dreamers following the Rays’ sale, after promising hundreds of millions of dollars to the baseball effort in Orlando.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Rise of Skywalker was panned, but still made a billion dollars.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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An expert claims the iconic image of JMW Turner printed on British banknotes was never his self-portrait.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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In the 1990s, as computerized color copiers and home printers became commonplace, American banknotes were redesigned to ward off counterfeiters.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Not leaving a sufficient gap between the dryer and the wall can actually slow down the drying process, therefore taking more time—and money in energy bills—according to Stafford.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
24 May 2026
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Yet even amid all that experimentation, bourbon still holds to its core of corn-forward mash bills, new charred oak, and a recognizable structural backbone.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Countries buying oil did so in greenbacks.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Alas, greenbacks are hardly available to people such as Tamara Mendoza, 65, who lives in the working-class Valle district.—
Mery Mogollon,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, a stem cell transplant can treat — and sometimes cure — certain blood disorders, cancers and autoimmune diseases by replacing unhealthy stem cells with healthy ones, either from the patient's own bone marrow or donated stem cells from another person.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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Authorities often dispensed empty promises that projects would be replaced with better structures, ones less vulnerable to crime, damp and black mold, and not flawed by the kind of dangerous cost-cutting construction that led to London’s Grenfell Tower burning down in 2017, killing 72 people.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Personal Injury Attorney John Morgan also stepped away after from the Dreamers following the Rays’ sale, after promising hundreds of millions of dollars to the baseball effort in Orlando.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Ozel and his supporters then marched to Parliament about 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, joined by hundreds of passersby despite heavy rain and hail.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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Earlier, Mars square Pluto may stir tension around creativity, money, attention, or control.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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Faye, disappointed to see that the safe has no money, blames Rue for the deception and screams to wake her boyfriend.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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Wells Fargo has an excellent no-annual-fee travel card — the Wells Fargo Autograph® Card — that gets you access to all of Wells Fargo's transfer partners, easy 1-cent-per-point cash redemptions and excellent bonus spending categories.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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All tips remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2026
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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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