specie
Example Sentences
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Until recently, the only non-human species of mammals that were known to experience menopause were a select few specie, such as orcas — not primates.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2023
The Bank would make loans to merchants in the form of paper notes they could exchange for specie and use to pay taxes, so these could circulate as a national currency.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The government would buy one-fifth of its shares and private investors would purchase the rest, using specie and the new federal bonds created by funding and assumption.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
During the War of 1812, the Bank of the United States had suspended payments in specie, “hard money” usually in the form of gold and silver coins.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
And again he perceived himself sub specie aeternitatis, the form-destroyer called forth by what he heard and saw here.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
