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Recent Examples of money order
Howell collected money orders from the residents, then altered them to list herself as the recipient, endorsed them and deposited them into two of her own personal bank accounts, according to investigators.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
The court will also accept certified check or money order payments by mail if the amount owed has been verified by court personnel.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
Be wary of sites that only allow bank transfers or money orders.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
In total, Howell stole 141 money orders from 60 tenants, the vast majority of whom were veterans, low-income, elderly, disabled or some combination thereof.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
The court will also accept certified check or money order payments by mail if the amount owed has been verified by court personnel.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
Be wary of sites that only allow bank transfers or money orders.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
In total, Howell stole 141 money orders from 60 tenants, the vast majority of whom were veterans, low-income, elderly, disabled or some combination thereof.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for money order
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The bottom line is, printing paper money or minting token coinage is easy profitable technology, but you are just not allowed to do it; that is the direction of travel at present.Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Surprising Fact Australia removed the British monarchy from its paper money in 2023, issuing new $5 bills that featured an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The purchase involved cash, a promissory note, and Berkshire Hathaway B shares.Bill Stone, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The spread of promissory notes (letters of credit) in the High Middle Ages caused an upheaval in Eurasian markets.Kevin Werbach, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2019
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Actual folding money has been raised, and in 2016 actual ground is to be broken, on HTT’s 5-mile (8-kilometer) test track in California.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2015
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And on New Year's Day, the traditional Southern spread consists of black-eyed peas and collard greens (symbols for wealth—coins and green folding money, respectively), ham or pork (for prosperity), and cornbread (for gold).Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2021
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At 4-4, but with a Super Bowl window that the team believes is still wide open, the Niners made no major additions at the NFL trade deadline, adding only a depth defensive tackle (for a seventh-round draft pick two years from now).Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The Saints went from a top contender to a top draft pick, and will now look to continue to make trades with hours until the trade deadline.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Governor Newsom has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its retail theft taskforce, with the California Highway Patrol making thousands of arrests, but when asked about how many thieves have actually been prosecuted, the state doesn’t have the answers.Todd Spitzer, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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The district is losing tens of millions of dollars a year in state funding as fewer children enroll in Denver schools.Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda delivers a speech at the start of issuance of new yen banknotes at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 30 July 2024
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One half of all transactions in 2023 were made using banknotes and coins, according to Bundesbank.Sophie Tanno, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Money order.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/money%20order. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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