How to Use crore in a Sentence

crore

noun
  • Villagers in Gujarat built a fake toll plaza and collected Rs 75 crore in a year from passing vehicles.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Chinese company’s crimes could surpass Rs1,200 crore, the agency has said.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 July 2022
  • For the September quarter, Airtel reported a loss of Rs763 crore.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Contestants stood to win the fabled Rs 1 crore by correctly answering 15 questions within 60 minutes.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Traitors India winner gets a grand prize of 1 crore (which is around $100,000 in the US), if all the money is won during missions throughout the game.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 19 May 2026
  • India‘s JioHotstar today unveiled 25 original titles from the south of the country that will cost more than ₹4,000 crore ($445M).
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The idea of winning Rs 1 crore had driven countless Indians to try their luck at KBC, dedicating years to memorizing trivia with no assurance of ever being able to compete on the show.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • As of January 26, 2026, Dhurandhar has grossed ₹1,300 crore ($160 million) worldwide, according to Jio Studios.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The company is building a structured film IP investment vehicle targeting INR1,350 crore ($143 million), aimed at bringing institutional capital and governance frameworks to India’s content sector.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • According to a Monday report from Bangladeshi publication The Business Standard, the work stoppage left export containers worth roughly 6,500 crore taka ($532,000) stranded at inland container depots (ICDs) that host excess cargo transported to Chattogram.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The business – spanning JioStar, JioHotstar, Jio Studios, and Network18 – recorded an EBITDA of INR5,842 crore ($616 million) and a net profit of INR3,434 crore ($362 million) for the fiscal year.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2026

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