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buck

[buhk] / bʌk /
NOUN
male animal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




VERB
move with jerking motion
Synonyms
VERB
throw off, dislodge
Synonyms


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“Avengers: Doomsday” is on track to make one kajillion Marvel bucks, while Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” was selling out theaters a year in advance when first tickets went on sale over the summer.

From Salon

It is hard to say when hackers decided that attacking tech providers that have lots of corporate customers was better bang for the buck than targeting individual companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were just 9.54 million births in China in 2024 -- half the number than in 2016 -- and concerns about the shrinking and ageing population have been growing as couples choose to buck traditional Chinese norms.

From Barron's

All three added transfers to help buck the downward trend.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. Hochul vetoed it, and lawmakers declined to buck her and override the veto.

From The Wall Street Journal