greenbacks

Example Sentences

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In an economy where access to dollars was tightly controlled, Venezuela allowed shrimp producers to keep most of the greenbacks they received from exports, enabling companies to fund expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Alas, greenbacks are hardly available to people such as Tamara Mendoza, 65, who lives in the working-class Valle district.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Milei has been on a mission to get citizens to bank their greenbacks to help the state meet foreign debt payments totalling $19 billion this year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

The same is true of Canada, which Trump says he wants to turn into the 51st state since the place relies so much on American greenbacks anyway.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2025

I crawled rapidly around the floor, picking up the coins, trying to avoid the coppers and to get greenbacks and the gold.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison