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Recent Examples of sawbuck
But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.
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Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawbuck
Noun
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The ones that are gone and the ones that are still paying for it, which were kids.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Google's on-device Gemini Nano model is key to some of the newest and more interesting AI features, but large language models (even the small ones) need a lot of RAM.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In a billion dollar deal that shakes up the world of luxury fashion, Prada has agreed to buy Versace from its owner Capri Holdings.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The distribution deal is estimated to be worth billions of dollars to CBS.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In reviewing several recent books and mentioning others, Mead writes about the symptoms of menopause, and then goes on to concentrate almost exclusively on hormone-replacement therapy for women in their fifties and sixties.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The nineteen-forties and fifties were supposedly an era of liberal consensus, when both parties agreed on the virtues of the welfare state and a U.S.-led international order.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The war has raged for more than three years and cost the lives of tens of thousands of people on both sides.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped tens of thousands of public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other educational expenses.—
Audrey Dutton,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit.—
Jack O’Connor,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2024
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Contrast doesn't get much better than that short of a pricey OLED panel, a noteworthy achievement for a monitor that costs less than a C-note.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
31 May 2024
Noun
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2024
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Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.—
Murr Brewster,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2022
Noun
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He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Money isn’t everything Harris raised a ton of cash.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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Skilled thieves target specific homes and literally knock on the door and otherwise check to find a time when nobody is home, then the crooks burglarize the home quickly looking for jewelry and cash.—
Greg Fisher,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sawbuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawbuck. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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