How to Use currency in a Sentence

currency

noun
  • The word has not yet won widespread currency.
  • Furs were once traded as currency.
  • A new currency has been introduced in the foreign exchange market.
  • I'm not sure about the accuracy and currency of their information.
  • They were paid in U.S. currency.
  • This is why trust is the currency that buys the deal.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And then of course, the fourth use of it was as a currency.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And then doesn’t your currency kind of be at risk?
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • And boy, a lot of menus and currencies.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Its founder still speaks of love as the brand’s true currency.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • To this end, currencies will be very volatile.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In a sale process, proof is the only currency that counts.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • And right now, the world's top currency is taking a big, mighty punch.
    — Rafael Nam, NPR, 7 July 2025
  • Even if your currency was your own desire.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There is a huge loss of trust in the Rial as a currency.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Survival is the currency of the hour.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • And the chance to earn that currency may well be worth the annual fee.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
  • If trust is the new currency, then identity is the mint.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That stuff has currency in this most nepo baby-friendly of fields.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • The whole world is sort of turned up in the sense that beavers are people, a world where hot caramel is currency.
    — Sasha Urban, Variety, 28 June 2022
  • Fortnite is free to download and use, but has its own in-game currency which users can buy.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Pikachu and his pals had earned more foreign currency than microchips.
    — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 7 May 2026
  • This gives you breathing space if currencies move in adverse ways.
    — Tom Zachystal, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That doesn’t mean that other currencies were worse storeholds of wealth than gold over time.
    — Ray Dalio, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Thumbs-up, hearts, comments and views are the currency of his kingdom.
    — Óscar Martínez & Carlos Martínez, The Dial, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Complaint is the currency of sports.
    — Greg Cote may 18, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
  • But currency is a wildcard in the ranking math.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But currency is a wildcard in the ranking math.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Outrage is the currency of choice.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Without help, the value of its currency must drop.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025

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