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currency

[kur-uhn-see, kuhr-] / ˈkɜr ən si, ˈkʌr- /


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Rising demand for Nigeria’s crude and refined products has boosted the country’s wider economy, supporting its currency and limiting rising gasoline prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

An unusual combination of wide interest-rate gaps and subdued currency volatility, Jenkins wrote in a Thursday report.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 10, 2026

Prospera in Honduras, Peter Thiel's Seasteading Institute, and Tim Draper's Draper Nation, a fully digital country with Bitcoin as its currency, are all chasing the same idea.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026

Decades before plastic became the default currency at the cash register and Venmo became a verb, pulling out a paper checkbook to pay for weekly groceries was a standard routine in American life.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

What feeble objection of mine could carry the weight of ten pounds of currency?

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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