How to Use billon in a Sentence

billon

noun

• New York senators proposed $20 billion in funding, but it was slashed to $1 billon in the final bill text.
  — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 16 Nov. 2021
• The two funds currently have $5.2 billon in assets between them.
  — Randall Smith, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
• To date, the Pokémon Company has printed roughly 43.2 billon cards since its launch.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2022
• The winning bid of $1 billon came from Houston businessman Bob McNair.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2022
• Collectively, our team has sold over $2 billon worth of product in e-commerce.
  — Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• While much of that dust came from other sources, an expansion of dry lakebed raises concerns about changes to the state's billon-dollar ski industry.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 July 2021
• One of which, Razorpay, became the latest fintech unicorn to come out of India, valued at $3 billon.
  — Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• On Wednesday, the company said the paucity of chips would lower its operating profit this year by $1.5 billon to $2 billion.
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2021
• The scheme swelled the firm’s portfolio from $1.5 billon to $35 billion in a single year, according to investigators.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• Cities and states have already committed $12.9 billon in American Rescue Plan funds to housing.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
• The pricing changes that have already been made helped Netflix boost its second-quarter revenue by 3% from the same time last year to $8.2 billon, falling below analyst forecasts.
  — Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 19 July 2023
• Moore’s Law: 2.5x Maintaining the progress of Moore’s Law is the subject of billons and billions of dollars of investment, some very complex engineering, and a bunch of international angst.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2023
• Putting aside that substantial difference, the biggest gap is $400 billon the president has proposed to expand at-home caregiving services for the elderly and disabled.
  — USA Today, 2 June 2021
• Smartmatic is seeking $2.7 billion in its suit, while Dominion Voting Systems is seeking $1.6 billon.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Sep. 2021
• At the company’s studios business, revenue was $3.1 billon, down 5% from a year ago due to fewer theatrical releases, and lower home entertainment revenue.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2022
• The treasurer is responsible for the state’s banking and investment management, helps local governments with investing and manages the Permanent Land Endowment, which totals around $7.5 billon as of April.
  — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2021
• Lawmakers also approved $200 billon for scientific research.
  — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022
• He has even been accused of improperly selling $7.5 billon of those shares late that year knowing that Tesla was due to soon report disappointing sales that would reduce Tesla’s price.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024