as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments
that makes good pecuniary sense the judge recused himself from the case because he had a pecuniary interest in the company that was being sued
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Recent Examples of pecuniary
Last month, Gaines’ pecuniary gains were at the center of an 80-minute episode of the investigative sports podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out, which cast her as a profiteer posing as a crusader for women.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The equity implications of pecuniary externalities on an electric grid.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
In discussing the rise of the pecuniary class, Veblen compared its members to street delinquents at the opposite pole of society.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Such an envoy could, among other things, explore whether negotiating with factions within Boko Haram could reduce the group’s potency—there are many who are not committed to the group’s ideological agenda but who joined for either political or pecuniary reasons.
—Seth Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2015
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The equity implications of pecuniary externalities on an electric grid.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
In discussing the rise of the pecuniary class, Veblen compared its members to street delinquents at the opposite pole of society.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Such an envoy could, among other things, explore whether negotiating with factions within Boko Haram could reduce the group’s potency—there are many who are not committed to the group’s ideological agenda but who joined for either political or pecuniary reasons.
—Seth Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pecuniary
Adjective
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The national debt has surpassed the GDP, Social Security and Medicare face looming financial crises, inflation is rising, families are struggling — and yet Congress does nothing.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Any increase in funding will help with the park’s financial/infrastructure crisis.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The Iran nuclear deal, a 2015 accord reached under President Barack Obama, had placed limitations on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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The sales tax supports economic development projects in the city’s East Side, specifically between Ninth Street and Gregory Boulevard to the north and south, and Indiana Avenue and The Paseo to the east and west.—
Dylan Lysen
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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“Pecuniary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pecuniary. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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