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Recent Examples of yen
Noun
According to the report, Japan had long spent around 1 percent of GDP, or 5 trillion yen ($33.5 billion), on its defense before Tokyo set the goal of reaching 2 percent of GDP. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025 Liang’s vast, all-consuming solitude pierces through each of these phases, as does his unfulfilled yen for presence and purpose: Though this particular island time slips and stretches and swerves back and forth, no clear future ever materializes for him. Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025 In Music, earnings jumped 28% to 97.4 billion yen ($631 million). Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025 Nissan cut its forecasts for the full year to the end of March for both revenue and operating profit to 12.5 trillion yen and 120 billion yen, respectively, down from 12.7 trillion yen and 150 billion yen. Jenni Reid,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yen
Noun
  • Your body may also use carbs more efficiently earlier in the day—which can help reduce cravings and promote better weight control.
    Lauren O'Connor, MS, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Medications that reduce opioid cravings, including buprenorphine and methadone, are more widely available, in part because of insurance coverage provided by Medicaid.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Some have no desire to eat in labor while others crave nutrients to keep them energized.
    Carson Meyer, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • In 2025, expect a fresh lineup of global talent and forward-thinking artists, all set in an atmosphere for those craving something beyond the main stage.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pacifica’s Miramar Landing purchase suggests a desire to bring to fruition, in part, San Diego’s vision for a walkable neighborhood in an area the new community plan refers to as the Miramar Gateway.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
  • According to research, this involves an overwhelming desire to merge with another person while feeling deeply insecure about the relationship.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The track finds Rocky taking a lyrical jab at former affiliates of his crew, attributing their conduct to their own thirst for success and fame.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Wayne took out an ad of his own, distancing himself as much as possible from Wills' thirst.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Their brows are furrowed, their mouths are pouty, their faces are twisted into ever-more over-the-top expressions of longing and ambivalence.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But looking back, many feel a longing for the God of War of old.
    Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Resist the urge to jump straight into a pitch, start by actually engaging with your network.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the meantime, McBride advised existing homeowners to resist the urge to tap their home equity for all but the most essential contingencies.
    J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, the same White House’s chaotic trade policy is undermining financial markets’ appetite for risk, leaving bitcoin in limbo, more than 20% off from its record high in January.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In their effort to mimic real meat, these companies have left consumers perplexed and without appetite.
    Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Millions of children across the globe will suffer from hunger and disease because Trump would rather see tons of food from American farmers rot on the docks than shipped to where they are desperately needed.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The New York Times visited five new data center campuses in California, Utah, Texas and Oklahoma and spoke with more than 50 executives, engineers, entrepreneurs and electricians to tell the story of the tech industry’s insatiable hunger for this new kind of computing.
    Cade Metz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Yen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yen. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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