nickels
Example Sentences
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At night, Hig and Bangley play poker with stacks of $5,000 bills that they throw around as casually as nickels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I would argue it’s like picking up nickels in front of a bulldozer,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
“We have to do a better job to find those pennies out there—those pennies, nickels and dimes to save and not turn the lights on until you need to,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
He also thinks the government savings from not producing pennies will be offset by the need for more nickels, which are worth five cents but cost nearly 14 cents to make.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
"Four dollars and forty-two cents. Fourteen quarters, five dimes, three nickels, and twenty-seven pennies."
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
