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dollar

[dol-er] / ˈdɒl ər /


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Although a recent rise in interest rates and the dollar have pushed gold lower, the market continues to seesaw wildly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

But it didn’t provide a specific dollar number for the full program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Robin Brooks, for example, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, discussed the potential for a spike in the real against the dollar in a posting on X Wednesday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The U.S. dollar fell after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data dampened expectations for another interest-rate rise by the Federal Reserve later this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sitting on a limb, with his back against the trunk, was that hundred dollar monkey.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The price of its goods range from a few hundred dollars for a simple ring, to $10 million or higher for a custom necklace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Even a small annual fee can add up to thousands of dollars over a long retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Americans collectively forfeit billions of dollars annually in unused benefits, which often expire at the end of the calendar year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

To pay for this labor, inmates allege that individuals outside of prison are depositing thousands of dollars into the commissary accounts of those serving the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Maybe five thousand dollars wasn’t much money in the twenty-second century, but in 1999, it was a fortune.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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