on the money
Example Sentences
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If you are dipping into your investments, you have already made peace with the lost opportunity of returns on the money you will withdraw.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
While not all predictions have come to fruition, some were on the money.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
After all, would his signature be on the money if he weren’t?
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, speaking at Cactus League media day earlier this month, said the fixation on the money spent makes people miss the things they do well.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
The steel drums were on the money and when Big Joe showed up with a portable barbecue grill everything was everything.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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