How to Use banknote in a Sentence

banknote

noun
  • The new banknote will take a number of years to be designed and printed.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The new banknote will take a number of years to be designed and printed.
    — Town & Country, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Some people are likely avoiding banknotes and coins to steer clear of germs.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2020
  • But the tuple of the banknote, receipt and change were something more than art.
    — David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Now imagine that the same wallet contained a few crisp banknotes.
    — The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • The more gold in New Orleans, the more banknotes printed.
    — David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Not plastic pennies or a new series of banknotes, but rationing stamps.
    — Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
  • So some other approach is required to reassemble this area of a banknote.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In addition, gold is costly to store and trade compared with banknotes and deposits.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
  • At a news conference toward the end of Blatter’s reign, a prankster showered him with banknotes.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • In the meantime, the current $5 banknote will continue to be issued.
    — Town & Country, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, the current $5 banknote will continue to be issued.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The court said the old banknotes should continue to be legal tender, alongside new versions, until the end of this year.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Until very recently, the largest banknote was for 1k pesos (worth around $1 in the dólar blue exchange rate).
    — thehustle.co, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Indians are using their 2,000-rupee banknotes to buy up petrol and diesel.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • The Bank of England's latest banknote design is—pardon the pun—notable for two things.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • There is Europium in the Euro banknote because of its glowiness.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Try using the banknotes printed in Northern Ireland on the mainland.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Feb. 2018
  • As prices continue to spiral higher while the war boosts demand for cash, long lines formed to withdraw the fresh banknotes, and supplies quickly ran out.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The effect was to suppress an important rival of the check — the banknote — and guarantee its role in the economy for decades to come.
    — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • There’s everything from cartoons to tools to the banknotes themselves, all of which tell the tale of England’s economy.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • As prices continue to spiral higher while the war boosts demand for cash, long lines formed to withdraw the fresh banknotes, and supplies quickly ran out.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Nigeria is the only country in West Africa with a banknote printer and mint.
    — Kingsley Kobo, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Whether this skirt or another piece from this era of Gaultier, searching for the banknote print is a great way to find a piece within this collection.
    — By Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 27 June 2024
  • In Saudi Arabia the reigning king, Salman, appears on banknotes.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Havana hopes the two new banknotes, including one which is five times more valuable than the previous highest, will make paying easier.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The regime glorified one 13-year-old boy who strapped grenades to his body and threw himself under an enemy tank; his face appeared on postage stamps and banknotes.
    — Elan Journo, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The currency mix-up can sort of be rationalized by the fact that Malaysia and the Philippines have banknotes in similar shades of blue.
    — Christopher Bagley, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Cuba introduced two new banknotes in a bid to simplify transactions amid runaway inflation.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • McWilliams said India’s growth had been slowed by restrictions on high-value banknotes and a new sales tax, a view shared by economists polled by Reuters.
    — Reuters, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2017

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