dollar

Example Sentences

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Every few years, some geopolitical friction sends commentators racing to declare the end of dollar hegemony and the collapse of the petrodollar.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

—The dollar fell against a basket of currencies as traders remained optimistic about a U.S.-Iran peace deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

For years, you’ve been telling yourself something every time you supported a small business – that your dollars meant something, that you weren’t pouring every dollar into the same handful of giants.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

They chose to denominate in dollars precisely because the dollar was already the world’s numeraire.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

I wouldn’t get too excited until that hundred dollar monkey came leaping by.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls