penny

Example Sentences

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Nvidia has bought back $85 billion in shares in the past two years, and this past month it increased its quarterly dividend from one penny to an almost respectable 25 cents.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

But the 19-year-old medical student, from Kirkcaldy in Fife, does not pay a penny for her travel.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The average national price for a gallon of gasoline edged down by a penny over the past week to $4.47 Monday, according to GasBuddy.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Economists Ryan Kellogg and Rich Sweeney estimate that the law raises East Coast gasoline prices by about a penny and a half per gallon on average, costing drivers roughly $770 million a year.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

This was something to the effect that, in the Underworld, a great ox costs only a penny, but I knew what he meant and in spite of myself I laughed.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt