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
What did you expect for twenty-five cents per day plus expenses, the FBI?
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2018
A ticket for a double feature and a live show cost twenty-five cents; for a quarter, Americans could escape from their problems and lose themselves in another era or world.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Pocket books were priced to sell for twenty-five cents.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2014
Chances were twenty-five cents apiece or five for a dollar.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
