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Recent Examples of sawbuck
For the record, the Aztec Room & Patio can accommodate some 200 visitors, and yes, that 19-foot ceiling is genuine 18-karat--nary a pre-Depression sawbuck was spared when constructing this masterpiece.
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David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.
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PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.
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Jack Handey,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
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Star Tribune,
26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
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Carlos Monarrez,
Detroit Free Press,
25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
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Wired Staff,
WIRED,
28 Sep. 2004
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.
—
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.
—
Jack Handey,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—
Star Tribune,
26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—
Carlos Monarrez,
Detroit Free Press,
25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—
Wired Staff,
WIRED,
28 Sep. 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawbuck
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Eligible buyers will receive $3,500 off for new EVs and $1,750 off for used ones.
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Another one is peace and hope for all mankind still the goal?
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Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
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Two years after opening in the historic 1920s venue, Stile DTLA has unveiled its multimillion-dollar renovation.
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Meta, Oracle, Microsoft and other big tech companies have laid off tens of thousands of employees, while simultaneously investing billions in AI data centers.
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Russia’s forces are taking tens of thousands of casualties, according to independent analysts and Western intelligence assessment.
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This deal is going for under a C-note, so don't hesitate!
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At the other end of the market, have a Chelsea dual-action pump for a fiver.
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Since movie-ticket purchases are not necessary, customers can just grab a bucket and a fiver (plus tax), and Netflix and chill with way too much popcorn for however many people fit on your couch.
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He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.
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Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.
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One of several bags of cash found inside the home of Mario Rocha during an FBI search of his residence in August 2025, as seen in a photograph contained in a court document.
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But SpaceX is burning cash on its AI businesses, and investors are making a bet that the company will be able to reach profitability in the future.
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In the lesser of two humiliations (either change the prices or face a half empty stadium for your biggest European match in 30 years), Forest yielded on Tuesday, knocking a tenner off every ticket two days before the match.
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That’s just me, though, and if an American citizen wants to put a tenner on the Lakers’ likelihood to hire on even more geriatric former stars, then feel free.
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“Sawbuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawbuck. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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