dimes
Example Sentences
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The most expensive item is Monroe's gold-toned 1950s cylindrical minaudiere purse carrying her tiny hair comb, a tube of lipstick, eight Philip Morris cigarettes and 1940s dimes.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
“We have to do a better job to find those pennies out there—those pennies, nickels and dimes to save and not turn the lights on until you need to,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The bags contain dimes, quarters and half dollars.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Among those who were apparently educated on the taxpayers’ dimes is Secretary McMahon, a North Carolina native who holds a degree from East Carolina University, a public institution supported by the taxpayers of North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
Why, with the tent getting fulled up with the buzzing of ten stones and the flames getting snuffed out one after the ’nother, ’twas a sight I’d’ve paid one of my own dimes to see!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
