penny

Example Sentences

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The company earned $1.69 a share, topping expectations by a penny.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Nvidia has bought back $85 billion in shares in the past two years, and this past month it increased its quarterly dividend from one penny to an almost respectable 25 cents.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Economists Ryan Kellogg and Rich Sweeney estimate that the law raises East Coast gasoline prices by about a penny and a half per gallon on average, costing drivers roughly $770 million a year.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

“In some cases, the discount is so steep hospitals pay ‘a penny per unit,’” Judge Traynor writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She clipped the wires to the lemons by attaching one end to a nail on one lemon and the other end to a penny on the next lemon.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser