paper money

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Recent Examples of paper money There has also been cyclicality in views about whether control of paper money promotes or degrades democracy. Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 These and other advances will bring changes as fundamental as did the invention of paper money, many centuries ago. IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012 The bottom line is, printing paper money or minting token coinage is easy profitable technology, but you are just not allowed to do it; that is the direction of travel at present. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Surprising Fact Australia removed the British monarchy from its paper money in 2023, issuing new $5 bills that featured an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for paper money 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper money
Noun
  • Billions in tax dollars are spent educating Kentucky's public school students each year, with the largest chunk of change going toward the almost 100,000 staff members running the state's schools.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The chance to win thousands of dollars probably helps too.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Idaho Power customers can expect their bills to go up this month.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
  • In the event that a borrower has their student loans canceled, a sinking fund can be a fallback option for paying any resulting tax bills.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The work of piecing together hundreds of body parts has been painstaking, but the authorities said that by Tuesday morning 170 bodies had been identified, and four were turned over to their families.
    John Yoon, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Sure, there are hundreds of cities where the vintage shopping is top-tier, but this not so little street in Montréal takes the idea to another level.
    Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But professional and personal challenges preceded the LP's success: In 1998, the Backstreet Boys left their management group and were entangled in a lawsuit with businessman Lou Pearlman over the amount of money earned for their first two albums.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The alternative is to commit the funds to other new projects eyeing the money, like Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, an 82,000 acre-foot reservoir being proposed by the Del Puerto Water District, in Patterson, for the rural hills east of I-5 not far from the Stanislaus-Santa Clara County line.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At Marathon, Elliott helped facilitate the addition of a new director, transition to a new CEO, closure of the gap in per barrel EBITDA with VLO, retirement of 50% of its shares outstanding since 2021, and sale of the Speedway retail operation for $17 billion in after-tax cash proceeds.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Some countries, including the U.S., have tried to provide cash incentives for women to have more babies.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Singapore’s Monetary Authority stopped issuing one-cent coins from April 2002, though existing one-cent coins remain legal tender.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Since adopting bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador has charted a new course.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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