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Recent Examples of scripThe Arkansas Supreme Court had ruled that scrips issued by the state Confederate government could be payable by the Treasury, and Ord appointed a new treasurer to ensure that this did not occur.—Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025 OptumRx should also see higher sales amid drug price inflation and more number of scrips filed.—Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 Their sessions lasted twenty-five minutes and generally ended with a new scrip to treat his depression.—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023 There is also a growing assortment of marginal electronic alternatives, such as the scrip that gets passed around in online games and social networks.—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012 See All Example Sentences for scrip
Bartle may have been right, but for some Chiefs fans and stadium developers with billions of public dollars at stake, that state line probably feels very real.
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Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
When the Republican governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, signed a bill that gave two hundred and fifty million taxpayer dollars to the hedge-fund managers who owned the Milwaukee Bucks for a new stadium, the libertarian Cato Institute was among the groups that opposed it.
As this sweeping history points out, however, the greenback is only the latest in a centuries-long series of global currencies, including the Dutch guilder and the British pound sterling, whose statures have risen and fallen with the fortunes of their issuers.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
To be sure, dollar doomsayers have consistently been proven wrong, and the greenback has surged against other top currencies during the Iran war.
New York City imposed a speed limit of 15 mph on all electric bikes in October, and Florida lawmakers recently sent the governor a bill limiting e-bike speeds to 10 mph within 50 feet of pedestrians.
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Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Instead of requiring county behavioral health departments to get involved directly, the bill proposes that such requests be added to the existing CARE Court process.
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Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
More than 20 people died in that incident, and another 30 were injured, and banknotes from the plane's cargo scattered around the crash site, prompting clashes between residents and security forces.
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Luis Jaime Acosta,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
As prices continue to spiral higher while the war boosts demand for cash, long lines formed to withdraw the fresh banknotes, and supplies quickly ran out.
For example, if a prediction market company wants to expand internationally to, say Mexico or the Philippines, its users could convert local currency into stablecoins through Latitude’s infrastructure.
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Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
Exports have played a critical role in sustaining economic growth, stabilizing the currency, and supporting recovery following the economic crisis of 2022.
Those inflated bills are eating into families’ budgets at a time when gas, grocery and housing costs are high and threatening to climb further, limiting many Americans’ ability to save money and build wealth.
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Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
In the movie, which was progressive for its time, the trans character attempts suicide after being subjected to emotional and physical abuse by the manipulative Sonny, who tries to make amends by going rogue and stealing money for their surgery.