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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
are you sure you have enough money to buy all that?
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as in fat cat
a wealthy person
she had always planned to marry money
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Recent Examples of money
Under current law, 65% of money from fireworks fines and seizures must go to the Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Fireworks Enforcement and Disposal Fund.
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
According to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, roughly 1 in 7 Americans have unclaimed money waiting to be claimed.
—Mark Lewyn, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
The section mostly applies to noncommercial flights that do not carry passengers or cargo for money, but skydiving flights are given an exception.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
The move has sparked speculation about family tensions, with many expecting Nick’s siblings, Jake and Romy Reiner, to block his access to the money.
—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 15 June 2026
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
According to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, roughly 1 in 7 Americans have unclaimed money waiting to be claimed.
—Mark Lewyn, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
The section mostly applies to noncommercial flights that do not carry passengers or cargo for money, but skydiving flights are given an exception.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
The move has sparked speculation about family tensions, with many expecting Nick’s siblings, Jake and Romy Reiner, to block his access to the money.
—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for money
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Trump has frequently complained that Obama’s deal included the transport of cash from the US to Iran.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Brianna was held on a $25,000 cash bond and Kierianna was held on a $100,000 cash bond.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Jones, 35, is a Yale University graduate who started his career in San Francisco as a venture capitalist.—
Haley Parsley
June 12,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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Crankstart is a Bay Area philanthropic foundation funded by billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz and his wife, artist Harriet Heyman.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The model allows Cubans overseas to pay from abroad for goods delivered on the island, creating a foreign-currency stream connected to GAESA’s retail network.—
Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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As part of its new initiative, Verizon has also introduced Verizon Dollars, a program that gives customers 3% back in promotional currency each month.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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The outspoken late-night host criticized the SpaceX founder and controversial tech magnate as his company enters the stock market for the first time, a seismic move that made Musk the world's first trillionaire.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boarding house into a hotel and renamed it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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There were things in possession, such as a car, a house, or a gold coin and things in action, such as debts or contractual rights.—
Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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But just as most documentary filmmakers learn to make do with limited coin, so has SSD.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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In Girard’s household, at least three women would have mended his silk stockings and other clothes.—
Emily J. Whitted,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2026
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Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Let the young bucks deal with the shuttles.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Plenty of restaurants in New York are preposterously expensive, and Marcel is, too—a cocktail alone can run more than forty bucks—but the restaurant pulls off the much rarer trick of feeling actually rich.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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President Trump and his health leaders have repeatedly directed their ire toward health insurance companies, painting them as fat cats that need to be reined in.—
Bob Herman,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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His fat cat industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda is no underground rebel.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/money. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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