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They chose to denominate in dollars precisely because the dollar was already the world’s numeraire.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

He said he and Mr. Raisi had agreed to strengthen cooperation in energy, industry and transportation, and to increasingly use national currencies — rather than the U.S. dollar — to denominate their trade.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2022

While keeping their own currencies, and central banks, countries would agree to denominate all international payments in a common accounting unit, which Keynes named the bancor, and to clear all international payments through the ICU.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2019

Ah, but normally these states denominate their bonds in their own currency as well, giving them the option of currency devaluation.

From Economist ● May 24, 2012

You mention Adam Smith, he was the disciple and admirer of the economists; in a word he was what we denominate a democrat.

From Free Trade with India An Enquiry by Common Sense

But despite the fact Concacaf has headquarters and regional offices in the US and the fact it denominates its revenues in US dollars, its auditor is not American.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2011

He denominates the man in the moon "an imaginary being, the subject of perhaps one of the most ancient, as well as one of the most popular, superstitions of the world."

From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley

Tom had what Sir Walter Scott happily denominates "an indistinct notion of meum and tuum," and became confirmed in the opinion that everything he could lay hands upon constituted lawful spoil.

From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth

This last, the Reflective or Reciprocal Locution, is the grammatical type and illustration of Kant's third subdivision of the Group of Relation, that, namely, which he denominates Reciprocal Action.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

On the other hand, he is called God but three times, and denominates himself "the Son of God" but once, and that rather obscurely.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Lastly, Gavekal highlights that the value of financial assets denominated in dollars is growing as it issues a lot of debt while U.S corporates, especially AI companies, are selling huge amounts of debt and equity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Most international transactions denominated in U.S. dollars must be settled by American banks, giving Washington the ability to monitor them—and cut off users’ dollars if necessary, crippling their operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Issuance of international debt denominated in euro reached its highest level since the currency’s inception, the ECB said, and the euro became the leading currency in the green and sustainable international bond market.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

A substantial share of cross-border loans and bonds are denominated in dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

The priests of Apollo among the Gauls were denominated paterœ, as having the gift of prophecy.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

This obsession with petrodollars pulls our attention away from something more fundamental: the dollar’s role as the world’s numeraire, the denominating currency against which all or most other prices, contracts, and values are expressed.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

From 1860 to 1924, Congress passed almost 60 statutes denominating the “Duwamish and other allied tribes in Washington,” and appropriated funds to the Duwamish Tribe and other treaty tribes.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

Keynes wanted the IMF to act as a central bank of central banks, denominating their accounts in a new global currency.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2017

But the role of the U.S. dollar as the world's main reserve currency denominating large chunks of that debt pile is showing up as complicating factor that's added to risk of instability.

From Reuters ● May 11, 2016

In denominating this portrait curious," says Herbert, "we give as high praise as can be afforded it.

From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury