two cents
noun
1
or two cents' worth
: an opinion offered on a topic under discussion
send your two cents' worth to your senator
2
: a sum or object of very small value : practically nothing
said angrily that for two cents he'd punch your nose
Examples of two cents in a Sentence
a passionate environmentalist who would work for two cents if her job did something to reduce global warming
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Dave Portnoy has put his two cents in on the Alex Cooper and Alix Earle drama.
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Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 26 Feb. 2025
And a good thing, too, since our beloved Don, the Donald himself, has just issued an executive order banning the production of a single penny, which costs the mint two cents to make.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
Plastic straws cost under two cents per unit, according to Clean Water Action, a group working to elect environmental candidates.
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There are no straight answers to these questions, but expect to hear experts and economists’ two cents in the coming days.
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Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 26 Feb. 2025
And a good thing, too, since our beloved Don, the Donald himself, has just issued an executive order banning the production of a single penny, which costs the mint two cents to make.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
Plastic straws cost under two cents per unit, according to Clean Water Action, a group working to elect environmental candidates.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
There are no straight answers to these questions, but expect to hear experts and economists’ two cents in the coming days.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for two cents
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“Two cents.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two%20cents. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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