- plural of dime.
dimes
Example Sentences
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“The ball did not move. We were trying to throw dimes when you need to make the easy play,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
Traders bundled silver dimes, quarters and half-dollars in face-value increments and launched an arcane—not to mention bulky—asset class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
At that time in the 1960s, dimes, quarters and half dollars had roughly 0.725 ounces of silver per $1 of coin value.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
He moved his bony hands in his pockets, which were tinkling with new dimes.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
