hard cash

Example Sentences

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To lure top AI talent, startups are turning to cold, hard cash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

That this curiosity translates to cold, hard cash is fantastic news in the streaming era, when Netflix, Hulu and the like have all but annihilated the theatrical mid-budget film.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

The impoverished North has moved to revive inbound tourism to earn much-needed hard cash in the face of sanctions over its nuclear programmes, developing lavish coast and mountain resorts.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

"But we need people to volunteer, we need food, and also we need cold, hard cash."

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Some few received their pay in hard cash, and went off to other wars; but the large majority, Breton and Angevin, French and Fleming, no less than Norman, wanted land.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various