yen for
Example Sentences
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Mr Kimura paid 56.5 million yen for a bluefin tuna in 2012 and 155 million yen in 2013 - setting record prices both times.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
Stefan Angrick, of Moody’s Analytics, suggests investors are wrong to fixate on the headline figure of 18.3 trillion yen for the extra budget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
Kioxia Holdings reported a more than 60% drop in adjusted net income to 41.7 billion yen for its fiscal second quarter.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
In the first season, Ricken’s nonsensical self-help book, “The You You Are,” somehow gets into the hands of Mark's “Innie” and sparks his yen for dissent.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
Clovis people were thought to have a special yen for mammoth: great ambulatory meat lockers.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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