buck
Example Sentences
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Glencore, the No. 3 global miner, has bucked the trend, adding coal assets and leaning on the commodity as a major profit source.
From Barron's
Or he could buck every modern trend in college sports.
Lake Tahoe, so dependent on tourist bucks, set up a hot line to help visitors find open gas stations.
From Los Angeles Times
He couldn’t see anything through the tangle of hazel and willowherb, but he knew that the buck was in there, because Wolf knew it, and Torak had learned to trust Wolf.
From Literature
“I don’t think there was a lot of bang for the buck,” McCann said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
