to the tune of

Example Sentences

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On the flight, they tried to persuade Wynn to back a hostile takeover to the tune of $300 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agency rewards waiting past Full Retirement Age up until age 70 with a higher payout by offering delayed credits, to the tune of about 8% more for each year between FRA and age 70.

From MarketWatch

The company's overall rate of profit on these contracts is capped at around 6%, but Mears' operations across the UK exceeded that limit to the tune of £13.8m.

From BBC

Another Allen song, “West End Girl,” was the subject of an entire brunch sketch in which cast members sang about their feelings to the tune of the music.

From Los Angeles Times

“And when you’re doing this now with T-bills on an accelerated basis, it means that you are more open philosophically to doing quantitative easing than you were certainly when you’re doing quantitative tightening to the tune of tens of billions of dollars per month,” he said.

From MarketWatch