twenty-five cents
Example Sentences
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Go back further and the 1896 Fannie Farmer cookbook sternly informs readers that, “eggs, even at twenty-five cents per dozen, should not be freely used by the strict economist.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
He started working for the company when he was about thirteen, sweeping the warehouse for twenty-five cents an hour.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2020
What did you expect for twenty-five cents per day plus expenses, the FBI?
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2018
Movies offered a way for Americans to think of better times, and people were willing to pay twenty-five cents for a chance to escape, at least for a few hours.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
With the twenty-five cents apiece that Dad gave Mary Alice and me, we could each buy five Nehis during our week, if we could slip off from Grandma long enough to get our allowances spent.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
