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Kaden Tennyson is a high school senior who works at an ice cream shop to make a few bucks to help pay for Uber drives and a veterinarian bill for his injured dog.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

The bottom line is that companies want to know if shelling out big bucks today for AI tools, from Microsoft or its competitors, is truly worth it.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

It’s “a different recipe building 20 things a year that cost 20 million bucks versus building 20,000 things a year that cost a few thousand,” Bry said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Branded sets may be expensive, but bulk lots of mixed pieces can be purchased by the pound for a few bucks.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

“There’s twenty bucks waiting for me if I don’t.”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri