two cents worth
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Here's my two cents worth of critique: First, Richie needs to be a more multi-dimensional character.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2016
Much as I am flattered by your reference to me, in the book section, as ‘the high priest’ of something, even something called ‘Merde’, I must put in my two cents worth of protest.
From Time ● Nov. 19, 2015
So what did she think about all the talking heads giving their two cents worth based on just the initial regulatory filings?
From Time ● May 18, 2012
Even Dr. Corey had his two cents worth: "Never take your eye off the peanut bag, Alfred."
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
Put in about two cents worth of cardamom seed and a little rosewater.
From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum
It’s my column, my time, my two cents’ worth — well, at least until we ban the penny.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2019
James Corden — who like Kim has two kids at home — also put in his two cents’ worth Sunday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2016
“This is my time to come out and put my two cents’ worth in, albeit that it is a very strong statement.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2016
Some forms of government spending can stimulate economic activity, but taking two cents’ worth of zinc and stamping it with a one-cent mark just deprives the rest of the economy of potentially useful metal.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2012
When Miss Love and Uncle Camp went out to load boxes in the buggy, Mrs. P. put in her two cents’ worth about a wife not using her husband’s name.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
