as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo
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Recent Examples of dough
Someone got off their phone, then begin to cut pizza dough with their bare hands that should have been washed between phone and pizza.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Divide and sprinkle on each dough triangle.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
The Cookie Dough Frosty Fusion includes cookie dough pieces and brownie batter sauce swirled into a Frosty base.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
The list includes artificial sweeteners Acesulfame K and Advantame, the leavener sodium aluminum sulfate, several products used to whiten flour and improve dough, the fat substitute Olestra, and a number of preservatives.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Divide and sprinkle on each dough triangle.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
The Cookie Dough Frosty Fusion includes cookie dough pieces and brownie batter sauce swirled into a Frosty base.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
The list includes artificial sweeteners Acesulfame K and Advantame, the leavener sodium aluminum sulfate, several products used to whiten flour and improve dough, the fat substitute Olestra, and a number of preservatives.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dough
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Trump has vowed to spend his own money to pay for the ballroom, but the project has drawn criticism for its massive size.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Opponents of Johnson’s added into the budget an expectation that the city would earn $6 million from the technology, though Johnson’s administration argued the city could not responsibly count on the money.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sun Pharma plans to fund the acquisition through a mix of internal cash and financing from banks.—
Baiju Kalesh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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The irregular flow of cash will distort their financial reports and could deepen mistrust that the county has adequate guardrails to properly account for where taxpayers’ money is ending up.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Both metals are accessible through physical bars and coins, ETFs, mining stocks or futures contracts.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Oliver needed to liquidate $200,000 from his stock and bond portfolio, convert it to cash and use it to buy gold coins.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Those who join now can use the code PCAMER26 by December 31, 2026, to earn up to 4,000 bonus Avios (Qatar Airways’s rewards currency) to use on upcoming flights, upgrades, and extra baggage allowances.—
Jamie Spain,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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The courts in the past have held — and usually not framed in terms of DEI policies; this was prior to that term gaining currency — but courts have been skeptical about giving the FCC authority over Equal Employment Opportunity policies as a basis for license decisions.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Dough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dough. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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