pesos

Example Sentences

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The bag, he said, cost 2,600 pesos, or about $43—a 40% rise from just a few months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

By mid to late April, standard diesel in Manila cost 123 pesos per liter, or about $7.69 a gallon, according to one reading from the Philippines Energy Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

She served in that position for two years, and the alleged misuse of millions of pesos in public funds is linked to that time.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Al de Ocampo said his daily earnings had been halved from 1,000 to just 500 pesos in recent weeks.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Why that old thing was certainly not worth ten brand new pesos.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez