dollars

plural of dollar
as in bucks
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents a wad of dollars in his pocket

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Recent Examples of dollars The average transaction price of a subcompact SUV was $31,052 in July, a few thousand dollars more than a traditional compact car but considerably less than a midsize SUV. Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Brown's former law firm Denver's current City Attorney has a previous connection to the law firm now receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city. Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Finding fresh dollars is critically paramount for departments becoming more creative by the day. ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Fewer dollars invested will have a negative economic impact across each of our 77 neighborhoods. Michael Fassnacht, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Concert tickets for pop stars fetch several hundred dollars for seats in the upper reaches of massive football stadiums. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 With universities competing to pay athletes millions of dollars, some states now are propping up their strained sports budgets in ways not previously seen. David A. Lieb, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Connecticut hospital officials are anticipating the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of new federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 And the average family is facing hundreds of dollars in additional energy costs as a result of instability caused by the administration’s actions abroad. Derrick Whiting, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollars
bucks
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  • Most sportsmen wonder how any whitetail bucks, let alone a brute such as Kontras’, could have been so easily patterned.
    Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pole dancers bookend him and are showered with Usher bucks, his prop cash.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Dollars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollars. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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