as in cash
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
all the gold in the world won't buy happiness
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Recent Examples of gold
Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Economic upheavals have evaporated the public’s savings, pushing average Iranians into holding onto hard currencies, gold, cars and other tangible wealth.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Apr. 2025
The gold Mega Balls will range from 1-24 in the new game.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Although bitcoin still trades day to day like a tech stock , the analyst maintains that its growing institutional adoption has also strengthened its digital gold thesis.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Economic upheavals have evaporated the public’s savings, pushing average Iranians into holding onto hard currencies, gold, cars and other tangible wealth.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Hand-wash brushed gold flatware.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Apr. 2025
The gold Mega Balls will range from 1-24 in the new game.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold
Noun
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Money isn’t everything Harris raised a ton of cash.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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Skilled thieves target specific homes and literally knock on the door and otherwise check to find a time when nobody is home, then the crooks burglarize the home quickly looking for jewelry and cash.—
Greg Fisher,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The 30-year gilt yield was 25 basis points higher at 5.597% at 5 p.m. London time, at its highest level since 1998, after rising as much as 30 basis points earlier in the session.—
Chloe Taylor,Jenni Reid,Sawdah Bhaimiya,Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Wendy Labrum Interiors An antique marble fireplace and gilt mirror ground the formal living room in the designer Wendy Labrum’s own Chicago home.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2025
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While Smoke heads to town to buy provisions for the club, Stack and Sammie hire another musician, the elderly Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who has been playing harmonica for coins at the train station.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some have rewards like valuable expendable items, such as keys to open locked doors or coins to exchange for tools like shovels and compasses.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There's nothing quite like sipping rosé in its apple orchard during golden hour.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
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Bake in preheated oven until topping is golden brown and edges are bubbling, 20 to 30 minutes.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Youngkin in 2021 raised $2.2 million in contributions, but the millionaire investor bolstered his war chest with $5.5million of his own money, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Then, the team spent a ton of money in free agency to improve the roster on both sides of the ball.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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From the gilded cash registers adorned with golden nifflers to the giant-friendly floo-powder fireplace in the queue for Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry, every detail is impeccable.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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Now on the market for a speck under $6 million with Coldwell Banker Warburg brokers Andrea Wernick, Arlene Reed, and Rebecca Blacker, this grand duplex is a chapter straight out of New York’s gilded past.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For creators and small businesses, adaptability is the new currency, said Murad Salikhov, co-founder of Schwarzwald Capital, a venture capital fund focused on fintech and the creator economy.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The central bank strengthens or weakens its currency against a basket of its main trading partners, thus effectively setting the S$NEER.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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