How to Use dinar in a Sentence

dinar

noun
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  • The dolls now sit in my office in Paris, along with a supply of Iraqi dinars with Saddam’s face on them.
    — Time, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Have a few dinars for hotel porters and housekeeping, and feel free to round up metered taxi fares.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 May 2019
  • The dinar has lost half its value since the revolution.
    — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Demand for dollars has increased and the cost in Iraqi dinars at some local currency traders has surged.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • One-year forward contracts on the dinar were little changed on Thursday, a day after jumping 145 points.
    — Alaa Shahine, Bloomberg.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • With their means, even the most ordinary things are out of reach—even entry to a public park in Amman costs a dinar per person, an unthinkable expense.
    — Lydia Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The Central Bank of Iraq devalued Iraq's dinar by nearly 20% last year to meet spending obligations.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The Central Bank of Iraq devalued Iraq’s dinar by nearly 20% last year to meet spending obligations.
    — Samya Kullab and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Toulouse reportedly offered his troops an extra payment of gold dinars to venture close to the guarded walls under cover of darkness and fill in part of the ditch.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 24 July 2019
  • Partly because of those measures, the Tunisian dinar has been losing value, and inflation is at nearly 8 percent.
    — Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Before then, the Greek drachma held its value for six centuries, the Byzantine solidus for more than seven centuries, the Arab dinar for about four centuries, and the Spanish silver dollar for about four centuries.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 10 July 2022
  • In response to the severe liquidity crisis, the Finance Ministry recently devalued the Iraqi dinar, which is pegged to the dollar, by over 20%.
    — Samya Kullab, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
  • The dollar is clobbering other currencies as well, including the Brazilian real, the South Korean won and the Tunisian dinar.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Even under Hussein, bank notes featuring his likeness were not used in Iraqi Kurdistan (the region used earlier versions of the Iraqi dinar instead).
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 16 July 2019
  • Among other assistance, Russia printed billions of Libyan dinars for Hifter to pay his troops and co-opt tribes to support his advance, according to analysts.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Only Kuwait decided in May 2007 to link the dinar to a basket of currencies as inflation accelerated.
    — Netty Idayu Ismail, Bloomberg.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The switch to the ultra-solid deutsche mark enabled Montenegro to escape from the chronically hyperinflating Yugoslav dinar.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2022
  • One-day tickets are currently 50 Jordanian dinar or around $70.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 5 May 2017
  • Today, our dinar is collapsing and corruption is everywhere.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The laws parliament did pass included austerity measures to secure IMF funding, leading to government hiring freezes, the devaluation of the Tunisian dinar, and a dramatic increase in the cost of goods and food – further fueling discontent.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2021
  • The country has also introduced more flexibility into its exchange rate regime, allowing the dinar to depreciate, boosting competitiveness for tourists, trade partners and foreign investors.
    — Souhail Karam, Bloomberg.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Mexican peso and Yugoslavian dinar experienced hyperinflation during or after the Games.
    — Alberto Cervantes, WSJ, 23 July 2021
  • The dinar virtually disappeared from circulation, infuriating Milosevic.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2022

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