Definition of dollarnext
as in buck
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents a wad of dollars in his pocket

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Recent Examples of dollar Depending on their size, the intricacy of the pattern and materials, handmade quilts can cost hundreds, even thousands, of dollars. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The motion calls for allocating millions of dollars annually to fully fund nine county-run self-help legal centers that assist people navigating the restraining order process. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Richard Gray, co-founder of the old-Western-style Yellowstone Film Ranch roughly 30 minutes south of Livingston, said movie productions had injected tens of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs into the region in the last decade alone. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 In a market where every dollar counts, Fremantle formats offer priceless cost-efficiency. — John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dollar
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Noun
  • High-income investors can get extra bang for their buck from buying tax-exempt municipal bonds or using the selloff to harvest tax losses and reinvest in better-yielding debt, according to Jason Katz of UBS.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
  • But when compared to everything else going on, the current $229 price tag feels like a drop in the bucket, particularly when most new games for the Playdate only cost a few bucks.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Daisy says that no one even remembers that, though, that people only know about it because Hailey brings it up.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • And so the record is divided between tracks that capture the rush of losing yourself in a sea of bodies and the pain of being caught out at last call with no one to return home to.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollar. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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