without a dime
Example Sentences
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In India, companies are now ordering thousands of megawatts of solar panel and battery capacity from Chinese manufacturers without a dime of subsidized financing from the West.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Even New York City’s enormously successful CitiBike program, which is owned by Lyft, operates without a dime of public funding.
From The Verge • May 13, 2020
Even those not officially declared fail, are mediocre at best, and being propped-up without a dime of profit in sight.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017
They take meetings with famous designers for advice on their denim line, without a dime of financial backing or the faintest idea of a business plan.
From Newsweek • Feb. 16, 2010
“You laying there in that bed without a dime or a friend to your name having done all the dirt you did in this town and you still expect folks to love you?”
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
