two cents
noun
1
or two cents' worth
: an opinion offered on a topic under discussion
send your two cents' worth to your senator
2
: a sum or object of very small value : practically nothing
said angrily that for two cents he'd punch your nose
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Examples of two cents in a Sentence
a passionate environmentalist who would work for two cents if her job did something to reduce global warming
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Earnings per share for the Google parent company beat analysts’ estimates by two cents.
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Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
In what most would consider a halcyon time for artificial intelligence, an anachronistic source has just added their two cents to the ethos around the AI revolution.
—John Werner, Forbes, 2 Feb. 2025
In a new cover story interview with Elle published Tuesday (Jan. 28), the 13-time Grammy winner gave her two cents on artists such as Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX rapidly reaching superstar status in 2024 with their respective projects.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2025
The changes in the cost of chips and guac make the combination just two cents more expensive than last year, Wells Fargo reports.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
In what most would consider a halcyon time for artificial intelligence, an anachronistic source has just added their two cents to the ethos around the AI revolution.
—John Werner, Forbes, 2 Feb. 2025
In a new cover story interview with Elle published Tuesday (Jan. 28), the 13-time Grammy winner gave her two cents on artists such as Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX rapidly reaching superstar status in 2024 with their respective projects.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2025
The changes in the cost of chips and guac make the combination just two cents more expensive than last year, Wells Fargo reports.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Two cents.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two%20cents. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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