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
Even so, choreographers, dancers, producers and even composers have added their two cents’ worth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
It’s my column, my time, my two cents’ worth — well, at least until we ban the penny.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2019
“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
Every once in a while Mr. Jimmy’s trumpet would come in and put his two cents’ worth in, then it would fade away.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
