Definition of dollarnext
as in buck
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents a wad of dollars in his pocket

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Recent Examples of dollar Federal prosecutors in Alabama secured an 11-count indictment accusing the organization of paying millions of dollars to some of those undercover informants and hiding the real purpose of the payments from its donors. Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 Yet without laws allowing for domestic partnerships of three or more people, they are left spending thousands of dollars on attorney’s fees to craft a patchwork of legal agreements that afford just small fraction of the contractual protection conferred to married couples by default. Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 And now the model those dollars were built on is becoming unreliable. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Over the next decade or so, many of these trees will be coming down — landing across roads, snapping power lines, crushing cars and demolishing roofs, racking up hundreds of millions of dollars in insured claims. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dollar
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Noun
  • The restaurant also runs additional weekday specials, including a $12 cheese pizza on Tuesdays and a $10 double cheeseburger on Wednesdays, though the Sunday spaghetti special may get you the most bang for your buck.
    Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Comparatively and historically speaking, that’s a heck of a lot better bang for the buck than what a very-late-in-the-first-round wide receiver gives you during his rookie campaign.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But, curiously, participants had the highest solve rate when the puzzles appeared in ordinary dreams, not lucid ones.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • No one in the East has been dominant in the first round so the Knicks entering the second round on a three-game winning streak is compelling.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 1 May 2026

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“Dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollar. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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