as in bill
a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States
she threw a few greenbacks on the counter to pay for the drinks
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Recent Examples of greenback
Foreign, mostly Hollywood production in B.C. represents over 80 percent of total production spending in the province as Los Angeles producers also look to take advantage of generous currency savings as the value of the Canadian dollar continues to fall in value against the American greenback.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
The greenback is up almost 6% against the Canadian dollar since the end of September.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
Ironically, the greenback started falling even before Trump was sworn in.
—David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The value of the loonie, or Canada’s dollar, had already tumbled to just over 70 cents against the American greenback, a low not seen since mid-2020.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
The greenback is up almost 6% against the Canadian dollar since the end of September.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
Ironically, the greenback started falling even before Trump was sworn in.
—David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The value of the loonie, or Canada’s dollar, had already tumbled to just over 70 cents against the American greenback, a low not seen since mid-2020.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greenback
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The bill was panned by reproductive medical experts and Democrats for interfering with complex medical decisions between patients and their physicians.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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Flashback: President Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.—
Kelly Tyko,
Axios,
20 Jan. 2025
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Adams has shown a remarkable indifference toward early-childhood education, slicing hundreds of millions of dollars from the city’s 3-K and U.P.K. programs even as COVID-era federal stimulus funds for early-childhood programs were expiring.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Later, the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill authorized hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild airports, bridges and highways, billions more to build a network of electric vehicle chargers and more broadband Internet.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Volunteers can help with everything from pension records, field notes made by geographers working on the Mason-Dixon line, to immigration and Census records.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Jan. 2025
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Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Evanston-Skokie School District 65 finished out the 2023-2024 school year on a rough note when its Board of Education made the controversial decision to close Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies in Evanston in 2026.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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Despite this, the currency is standing at around 158 against the greenback, at its weakest since July lows.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2025
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Data is a currency in its own right and worth billions when it is sold to advertisers.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Greenback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greenback. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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