greenback

Example Sentences

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It isn’t unheard of for the greenback to run in the green during U.S. interventions abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But last year’s performance for the greenback, the worst in a decade, should remind investors that dollar dominance is no longer guaranteed.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Dollar Index —which measures the strength of the greenback against a basket of currencies—climbed 0.5%.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

But economists often compare the size of economies using present-day dollars because the greenback is the currency of international trade and a measure of actual buying power globally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

I wouldn’t do it even if Anatole paid me in greenback American dollars.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver