greenback
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Corpay said a hawkish Fed bodes well for the currency, adding it sees the greenback as overbought vs the euro, pound, yen and vulnerable to a reset in expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Asia's worst-performing currency this year weakened to as much as 18,253 to the greenback in afternoon trade, spurring the Indonesian central bank to intervene to provide support.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Dollar Index, a gauge tracking the greenback against major peers, continued notching new 52-week highs due to expectations of a rate hike in December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Asian equity markets were also down, with Tokyo losing more than three percent as the yen spiked against the greenback, weighing on exporters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
I wouldn’t do it even if Anatole paid me in greenback American dollars.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing greenback
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