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Recent Examples of sawbuck
But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.
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Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawbuck
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Three years ago, no one would have predicted that a ragtag group of NFL players would put out an album of music that didn’t just break into the Billboard charts but actually sounded good.Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
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While no one ever wants to see such a majestic animal suffer, there is hope that these incidents will lead to meaningful action, ensuring that species like the thresher shark have a fighting chance in our increasingly pressured oceans.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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United States businesses are silently hemorrhaging trillions of dollars through a surprisingly basic shortcoming: our inability to effectively solve recurring human and organizational performance problems.Rob De La Espriella, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The litigation, which is ongoing, has cost Freeman several hundred thousand dollars and the defendants more than a million dollars.Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Across from me was Jack, a vegan chef in his fifties from California who lived in Zurich.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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Remy’s other best buddy is Armand, who is in his fifties.Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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As Santa Ana winds propelled a series of raging wildfires that wiped out homes and businesses across once-picturesque swaths of Southern California – killing at least 16 people – tens of thousands have been forced from their homes this week in a haze of uncertainty: What to pack?Ray Sanchez, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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Crews worked furiously and by Sunday morning power had been restored to parts of North Carolina and South Carolina where tens of thousands of customers lost electricity over the last few days, according to Duke Energy.SARA CLINE AND BEN FINLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit.Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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Contrast doesn't get much better than that short of a pricey OLED panel, a noteworthy achievement for a monitor that costs less than a C-note.PCMAG, PCMAG, 31 May 2024
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024
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Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
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Has the number two been popping up frequently in your life, from seeing 2:22 on a clock to noticing repeating twos on invoices?Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Under the terms of the acquisition, Disney would own 70 percent of Fubo, and Fubo would receive an aggregate cash payment of $220 million from Disney, Fox, and WBD when the deal closes.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
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With the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets also in pursuit, the Phillies will need to be ready to pony up some serious cash for the southpaw.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Sawbuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawbuck. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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