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
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
“The next month, they hiked the subway fare from twenty-five cents to thirty-five cents.”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
