as in peanuts
a very small sum of money
the beauty of this deal is that all the extras won't cost you a dime
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Recent Examples of dime
While the money is helpful, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said every dime would be returned if the three men could still be here today.
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Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
The voice actor can effortlessly switch back and forth between his Porky and Daffy on a dime, but doing it for laughs in the middle of an interview is very different from doing it for hours in a voiceover session.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025
Times may change on a dime in our tumultuous world, but one thing always remains the same: pi, the irrational-mathematical constant, the ol’ circumference/diameter split, the big 3.14159265358979323….
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
But contests in this of all months can turn on a dime.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
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Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
The voice actor can effortlessly switch back and forth between his Porky and Daffy on a dime, but doing it for laughs in the middle of an interview is very different from doing it for hours in a voiceover session.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025
Times may change on a dime in our tumultuous world, but one thing always remains the same: pi, the irrational-mathematical constant, the ol’ circumference/diameter split, the big 3.14159265358979323….
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
But contests in this of all months can turn on a dime.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dime
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“Dime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dime. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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