penny

Example Sentences

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"Yet everybody just makes pennies on the pound."

From Barron's

Millar said his "raft of credible and fully costed positive policies" for Wales included cutting income tax by a penny in the pound, and cutting waiting lists in the NHS by declaring a health emergency.

From BBC

Popcorn remains one of the most profitable consumer products; kernels cost pennies per serving, store well, generate little waste and require minimal labor.

From The Wall Street Journal

“A hundred dollars a week. That’s pennies for someone like you, right?”

From Literature

“You know, our food is worth, in my mind, every penny we ask someone to pay for it,” Boatwright said.

From MarketWatch