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as in cash
slang
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
I'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now
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as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
a Portuguese ship flying the national jack
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as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
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Recent Examples of jack
And while those are fine solutions, having the option to use a traditional 3.5mm jack is really nice, especially for the many people who still have old headsets and don’t particularly care to buy new ones.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
But the new design is still a striking, muscular performance, suggesting a plank pose, or a car up on jacks.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
In 2016, Apple made the decision to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7, and no new iPhone since then has had the jack, many consumers now using airpods or other Bluetooth earphones to listen to music.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
But there's also a 5Gbps USB Type-A port on that side (and coming early in 2025, the company says, a nano SIM slot for optional mobile broadband), plus an audio jack, another USB-A port, and an HDMI monitor port at right.
—PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
But the new design is still a striking, muscular performance, suggesting a plank pose, or a car up on jacks.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
In 2016, Apple made the decision to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7, and no new iPhone since then has had the jack, many consumers now using airpods or other Bluetooth earphones to listen to music.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
But there's also a 5Gbps USB Type-A port on that side (and coming early in 2025, the company says, a nano SIM slot for optional mobile broadband), plus an audio jack, another USB-A port, and an HDMI monitor port at right.
—PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack
Noun
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At Marathon, Elliott helped facilitate the addition of a new director, transition to a new CEO, closure of the gap in per barrel EBITDA with VLO, retirement of 50% of its shares outstanding since 2021, and sale of the Speedway retail operation for $17 billion in after-tax cash proceeds.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Some countries, including the U.S., have tried to provide cash incentives for women to have more babies.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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At various points, Thomas has also participated in football — both tackle and flag — baseball and gymnastics, flourishing in all of them.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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As Americans rushed to post black squares to the Instagram feeds and businesses in the U.S. drafted up diversity promises and hung BLM flags in their storefronts, the protests of that summer would go onto surpass the Women's March in terms of reach.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Once there was a guy, who, as an experiment, only ate at one restaurant and one kind of food.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
14 Feb. 2025
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Have to imagine a guy who has been around the NFL and spent the last few years in one of the more forward thinking front offices in the league will bring an interesting level of expertise in roster building that not a lot of college teams will have.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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During the theatrical flight, a sailor might run for a lifeboat with his pet black cat under his arm.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Angela Ford: Justine had developed a friendship with a Navy sailor there at Pensacola.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Players are competing for a $350,000 prize pool, with the winner taking home $200,000.—
Staff And Wire Reports,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2025
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Toro gave the seven-story townhouse a grand makeover including an indoor pool, roof terrace, and artisanal furniture.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
11 Feb. 2025
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It was offered to Carter amid a protest by loggers angry and anxious about his administration’s plans to expand Redwood National Park along California’s northern coast and eliminate their jobs.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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For other tasks like calculating timber volume, tree age and health, and measuring tree diameter, Ramsay uses specialized forestry devices like a tree boring tool and loggers tape.—
Katie Bradish,
Outside Online,
15 Jan. 2025
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Coining a Malady Ancient Greeks made their coins by extracting silver from lead-rich ore.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Canada stopped making pennies in 2012, and Australia stopped circulating one- and two-cent coins back in 1992.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Anderson produced the feature via his American Empirical Pictures banner.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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It’s been a banner few months for the British marque.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Jack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jack. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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