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as in cash
slang
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
I'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now
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as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
a Portuguese ship flying the national jack
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as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
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Recent Examples of jack
Officials recovered a 2-ton, rapid-pump floor jack from the scene.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
If space allows, let your kitchen island be the workhorse of the space not only taking on double-duty, but in becoming the jack of all trades.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
At the front of the ThinkCentre mini PC, there is a single USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 port, a single USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port, and a headphone jack and power button.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
The port selection also includes an audio jack on the laptop’s right side and a (gasp!) HDMI port, full size, on its left.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
If space allows, let your kitchen island be the workhorse of the space not only taking on double-duty, but in becoming the jack of all trades.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
At the front of the ThinkCentre mini PC, there is a single USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 port, a single USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port, and a headphone jack and power button.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
The port selection also includes an audio jack on the laptop’s right side and a (gasp!) HDMI port, full size, on its left.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack
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Listen to this article A man was arrested in connection with a robbery at a gas station in West Haven on Tuesday after he was allegedly found walking nearby with a stash of loose cash.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 Jan. 2025
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After setting aside that initial pile of cash, however, 75% apparently goes to Trump’s company, and 25% gets split between other insiders, including the family of Steve Witkoff, Trump’s incoming special envoy to the Middle East.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Its audiences were known to fly Finnish flags in honor of Osmo Vänskä, who raised the orchestra to rare heights of excellence in a turbulent 19-year tenure as music director that ended in 2022.—
David Allen Jenn Ackerman,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The clip features Aldean performing in front of a courthouse festooned with an American flag; the performance footage is interspersed with images of burning flags and protesters clashing with police and robbing a convenience store.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
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And why does one guy with nothing to carry need a pickup truck and/or SUV? I’m ticked off that as a veteran public school teacher, school administrators are less concerned about academic rigor, and more concerned about parental appeasement.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
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The guys on the bandstand are interpreting them horizontally, from left to right, one note at a time.—
Heather Augustyn,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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The sailors aboard the Aiviq and Kulluk exchanged worried messages.—
McKenzie Funk,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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Simmons cleverly folds this fact into his thriller, in which his cast of sailors must fight a bloodthirsty monster while also gradually going insane.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman has an opportunity to impact the prospect pool this spring with a successful signing season vital to the team’s future.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Blue Jays added their own additional bonus pool money in a trade hours before Sasaki’s decision Friday morning.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The buildings hearken back to days when miners and loggers crowded the main street’s saloons.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Longwood’s modern history begins a half-century later, when the industrialist Pierre S. du Pont purchased the arboretum to save it from the logger’s ax.—
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16 Nov. 2024
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The token, hosted on the Solana blockchain, has been limited to a supply of 200 million coins at launch before expanding to 1 billion over the next three years, according to the coin’s website.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Bucks and Suns ultimately had a coin flip in 1968 to determine which team would get the No. 1 pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.—
Damon Sayles,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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One of Them Days’ studio, Sony Pictures Entertainment—which released the film under its Tri-Star Pictures banner—follows more of a set pattern.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Cynthia Robertson could be forgiven for feeling that the banner was aimed at her.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Jack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jack. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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