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
Involve the kids in measuring, mixing, cleaning up, and of course, tasting some of the dough!
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Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
Roll the dough into balls approximately 1 inch in diameter.
—Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
Play-Doh Pizza Delivery Scooter Playset $95 $71 at Amazon $95 $75 at Kohls.com
Let imagination run wild with this Play-Doh set that comes with everything a delivery driver needs: a scooter, pizza boxes, and dough for the pies.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
In recent years, salmonella outbreaks have been found in eggs, pet turtles, raw cookie dough, and peanut butter.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
Roll the dough into balls approximately 1 inch in diameter.
—Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
Play-Doh Pizza Delivery Scooter Playset $95 $71 at Amazon $95 $75 at Kohls.com
Let imagination run wild with this Play-Doh set that comes with everything a delivery driver needs: a scooter, pizza boxes, and dough for the pies.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
In recent years, salmonella outbreaks have been found in eggs, pet turtles, raw cookie dough, and peanut butter.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dough
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The money will come from the state's $2.3 billion surplus.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
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That money likely belonged to the town’s wealthy mayor, who was known to keep coins stashed around his property.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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There is also cash, lots and lots of cash (a man is seen counting money, another scene shows a person vacuuming up money off the floor, yet another shows two people physically fighting as money is thrown about nearby).Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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Per News Corp’s announcement, shareholder loans in the amount of A$578 million outstanding and owing to News Corp will be repaid in full in cash at closing.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
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The sales of the Hawk Tuah coins also illustrate the power the internet has to lift people from obscurity to international stardom.Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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People who own Bitcoin and other forms of digital coins are not refunded when a crypto exchange collapses in the same way depositors are at banks.Christopher White, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile the naira currency languishes at record lows against the dollar.Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Trump administration can foster adoption of crypto with regulatory clarity of the digital currencies.Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Dough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dough. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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