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Recent Examples of scripMiners were usually not paid in U.S. currency but in company scrip, which could only be redeemed at the company store.—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024 Telecom major Safaricom, NSE’s biggest scrip by average capitalization, lost 36.4% of its value, adding to foreign investors’ fears.—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 27 Apr. 2023 If that happens, then the ticket credits will fly away, leaving tens of thousands of passengers holding worthless airline scrip.—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020 The number of investors in the scrips increased from 857 to 55,343, Moneycontrol reported.—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for scrip
Spending hundreds of millions of dollars and years of development to release a game that was shut down in two weeks is again, like nothing this industry has ever seen.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Some workers are out hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Unlike paper money, gold is a physical asset with intrinsic value.
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Mitch Salchow,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
World & Nation Amid a cash shortage in Gaza, paper money is starting to disintegrate, adding to desperation
Dec. 5, 2024
The Israeli military often takes months to respond to medical evacuation requests, and the number of evacuations has plunged in recent months.
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Wafaa Shurafa and Fatma Khaled,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Dec. 2024
India’s rupee recently plunged to a record low as a result of pressure from a strong greenback and selling by foreign portfolio investors.
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Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
This could reverberate across financial markets, as investors quickly try to reposition ahead of more Fed rate cuts than are currently priced into expectations, supporting bond, equity, and industrial commodity prices in the second quarter, while weighing on bond yields and the greenback.
Arena, using the amused, self-teasing tone of someone looking down an itemized bill for maybe three billion dollars—JPMorgan declined to confirm that reported price—reflected on the travertine that surrounds the elevator banks.
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Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Another 2024 bill would have moved the Lee holiday to Columbus Day in October, which coincides with the month of his death.
After setting aside that initial pile of cash, however, 75% apparently goes to Trump’s company, and 25% gets split between other insiders, including the family of Steve Witkoff, Trump’s incoming special envoy to the Middle East.
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Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A man was arrested in connection with a robbery at a gas station in West Haven on Tuesday after he was allegedly found walking nearby with a stash of loose cash.
Trump holds off on tariffs, cheering markets President Trump held off imposing broad tariffs on Day 1 of his presidency, instead ordering reviews of trade and currency imbalances.
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Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
21 Jan. 2025
Another difference is that silver can be currency because its value enables everyday transactions.
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