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Recent Examples of sawbuck
But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.
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Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawbuck
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The current federal government funding expires on March 14, requiring to approve new spending levels or extend current ones to avoid a shutdown.—
Ewan Palmer,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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It Was Experienced in Community, Not in Isolation Our happiest memories of art and media often occur in the company of friends and loved ones.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Adams was accused of taking thousands of dollars worth of benefits starting in around 2014, including first-class flights and hotel stays all over the world, from foreign benefactors with ties to the Turkish government who sought to one day cash in on their relationship.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Potential changes to how the National Institutes of Health funds medical research could sap hundreds of millions of dollars from the Triangle's economy, prompting widespread concern from leaders in the area.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Gary has been trying to get more support from U.S. Steel since at least the fifties.—
Paige Williams,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Lee was previously diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in her fifties and given a one-year life expectancy, according to Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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The approach has raised billions of dollars to conserve tens of millions of acres from the Canadian prairies to the piney woods of South Georgia.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner, Michelle King, stepped down over the weekend after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency pressed to obtain user data for the retirement program serving tens of millions of Americans.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit.—
Jack O’Connor,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2024
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Contrast doesn't get much better than that short of a pricey OLED panel, a noteworthy achievement for a monitor that costs less than a C-note.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
31 May 2024
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2024
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Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.—
Murr Brewster,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2022
Noun
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After his loss to Rollins at Crown Jewel, Reed is still seeking that elusive major victory, but given what Rollins told him after the bout, their Crown Jewel match should be the first of at least a few marquee matches between the twos tars.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
2 Nov. 2024
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Brown is an athletic guard who can guard ones and twos on the court and destroy those who are less athletic.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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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
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Some countries, including the U.S., have tried to provide cash incentives for women to have more babies.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Sawbuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawbuck. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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