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cent

[sent] / sɛnt /


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“This is my 33rd year and I haven’t been paid a cent and I’m not looking for a cent,” said the 76-year-old, who is a former Servite parent.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The results reported late Wednesday included a loss attributable to common stockholders of around $40,000, or 0 cent a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The 28-year-old is set to become Atletico's fourth signing of the summer, while Spurs will also retain a 15 per cent sell-on clause as part of the deal.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

M wants his daughter to go to university, and saved every cent so they could move to Iran so she could study there.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The article runs for a couple of inches, next to an ad for fur coats, thirty per cent off.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

On a per-share basis, quarterly earnings of 1 cent came in ahead of analyst expectations for a quarterly loss of 5 cents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Directors declared a final dividend of 99 cents a share, taking the miner’s annual payout to $1.72 a share—its highest in four years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Digoxin has been used in medicine for centuries and costs less than ten cents per day.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

"I want everyone to be able to use the bathroom on an equal footing. Either we all pay 50 cents or no one pays 50 cents," she said.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

So the Osage bought the territory for seventy cents per acre and, in the early 1870s, began their exodus.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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