legal tender
Example Sentences
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The Abu Dhabi fund and Binance strengthened the nascent stablecoin by using it as legal tender similar to hard currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
In 2021 he made Bitcoin legal tender nationwide, and though the experiment has largely been a failure, it has attracted crypto bros and tech opportunists.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2025
Suddenly I realized — a shock to the system! — you needed legal tender in order to live.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
This slump is due to an increase in demand for the US dollar, which is also legal tender.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
One hundred twenty-three dollars in legal tender was promptly reduced to ash and smoke.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
