- plural of dime.
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
This meant that dimes, quarters and half dollars had the same amount of silver relative to their face values.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
It’s beneficial, and also really, really inexpensive; per capita, adding fluoride to the water can cost on the order of dimes each year.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025
I couldn’t dance a lick, anyway, and I couldn’t see squandering my few dimes on gills.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
