How to Use hard cash in a Sentence

hard cash

noun
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  • That’s why many givers just cut to the chase and go with cold, hard cash.
    — Leigh-Ann Jackson, wsj.com, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Airbnb gift cards One of the best gifts for frequent travelers is cold hard cash.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 May 2024
  • But Iger has yet to find a reliable method to turn that demand into cold, hard cash.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Whatever the case may be, why not give yourself something more to care about, like some cold hard cash?
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Microsoft’s whip hand, more than anything, else, comes down to cold hard cash.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • And this time around, there are more stars from your favorite reality show putting their lives, limbs, and legacies on the line for some cold hard cash.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Their opposition is rooted in cold, hard cash — or the lack thereof.
    — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The company is also offering some cold, hard cash to try to win back consumers.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 23 June 2023
  • Now, as the show heads to movie theaters this weekend, millions more will experience — and shell out cold, hard cash for — a moment with Swift.
    — Emily Sabens, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Each online casino featured on this list takes real money wagers and pays out in cold, hard cash.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And patient investors weren’t just rewarded with outsized returns, but with record payouts of cold, hard cash.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • That’s not their salary-cap number, that’s $301 million in cold, hard cash, straight from owner Terry Pegula’s pocket.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • To endorse murky ancestry claims over hard cash is not about fairness or civic participation.
    — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • During periods of economic crisis, fishing can provide a benefit that is far more useful than cold hard cash, too: a part of the day’s catch can go home to feed the families of those who caught it.
    — Sofia Agostini, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The museum devoted to economics, the role of the Federal Reserve and cold, hard cash has reopened downtown in Chicago’s financial district.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • While there is certainly drug trafficking in Honduras, extortion is also a major problem, with gang members draining victims of both hard cash and via digital means.
    — Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 20 June 2024
  • North Korea, which has faced years of international sanctions over its nuclear weapons program, is short of everything from hard cash and food to missile technology.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Summer has a way of turning children into mini-capitalists, transforming steamy temperatures into cold hard cash, one glass of lemonade at a time.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 27 June 2023
  • The state should keep doing its part to cover some costs, both by providing state resources like Creedmoor, funding initiatives like legal assistance for migrants and providing cold hard cash to cover some of the city’s ongoing expenses.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • What usually begins with one main event can often expand into a series of offshoots, including dinners and group activities, all of which require different outfits, locations and most important of all, cold, hard cash.
    — Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 22 May 2024

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