How to Use hryvnia in a Sentence

hryvnia

noun
  • The word hryvnia is derived from metal ornaments that were worn around the neck and also used as a measure of weight.
    — Ellen Feingold, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022
  • The head of Zaporizhzhia said Tuesday the hryvnia would be gone from his region by the end of the year.
    — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
  • On the third hand, the economy in Ukraine collapsed and the hryvnia fell against the dollar by 60%.
    — Alexander Stein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Ukraine’s economy may shrink at least 30% this year, with the hryvnia being under increasing pressure.
    — Maciej Onoszko, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022
  • The Yeti Metal bands in Ukraine may be a dime a dozen, or — if Ukrainian currency is handy — a hryvnia a kopiyok.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Nor does the legislation put crypto on an equal footing with Ukraine's national currency, the hryvnia.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The ongoing war and the devaluation of the hryvnia against the dollar continue to crush that investment.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The value of Ukraine’s currency, the hryvnia, has taken a hit amid uncertainty over Russia’s next move.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • But our employees were concerned about recent bank account hacking, and their Ukranian hryvnias were devalued more each day.
    — Andy Kurtzig, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Since November, the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, has weakened by about 8%.
    — Jillian Kay Melchior, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Bitcoin has been trading at a premium against the Ukrainian hryvnia on a number of exchanges, both globally and locally, a sign of high demand.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Occupation forces patrol in markets to warn those trying to use the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, in transactions.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The ministry added that the new government has announced a transition from Ukraine's hryvnia currency to the Russian ruble.
    — NBC News, 1 May 2022
  • The national currency, the hryvnia, was devalued by the Central Bank in July.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Shortly afterward, it was announced that the Ukrainian hryvnia would make way for the Russian ruble as the area’s dominant currency.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 5 May 2022
  • Bitcoin traded at a premium against the Ukrainian hryvnia on a number of exchanges after Russia's invasion of the country last year.
    — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 26 June 2023
  • The struggle is finding loans or donations to cover a massive budget deficit for next year — and do it without using central bank bailouts that risk wrecking Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia.
    — David McHugh, ajc, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Russia has imposed its ruble currency on the town, forcing staff, who are paid in Ukrainian hryvnia, to collect their paychecks via black market traders who often charge about a fifth of the sum, workers say.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • An additional 8 billion hryvnias was also allocated for the financing of the Drone Line.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
  • On the other hand, those unlucky enough to hold bonds or deposits denominated in Ukrainian hryvnia suffered a 30% loss in dollar terms, by his calculations.
    — The Economist, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Ukraine’s national currency is called the hryvnia after the hexagonal silver ingots produced in Kyiv in the 11th and 12th centuries.
    — Ellen Feingold, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022
  • Its currency, the hryvnia, has lost over two-thirds of its value against the dollar since 2014, further exacerbating poverty in what was already one of the poorest countries in Europe.
    — Geoffrey Smith, Fortune, 21 July 2017
  • Production is entirely dependent on electricity and the generator burns about 700 hryvnias ($16) worth of fuel per hour.
    — Kamila Hrabchuk, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Though supermarkets have been rebranded and filled with Russian products, the Ukrainian hryvnia, not the Russian ruble, remains the dominant currency, locals say.
    — Ian Lovett, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • As a further incentive, certain individuals are eligible to receive 1,000 hryvnia (roughly $25) as a sign-up bonus for the main Diia app.
    — Rachel Curry, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The National Bank of Ukraine imposed capital controls and pegged Ukraine’s currency, the hryvnia, to the dollar at a level that didn’t allow import costs and inflation to skyrocket.
    — Marcus Walker, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • On the tape, a man with a voice that sounds like Honcharuk said Zelenskiy’s economic knowledge is limited and suggests illustrating the effects of a stronger hryvnia and slower inflation to the president through the price of a popular salad.
    — Andrea Dudik, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • The nation’s international coffers gained 10% in March, as foreign aid from western allies keeps flowing, while the central bank and the government are spending less foreign currency to support hryvnia and serve the country’s external debt.
    — Bloomberg.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The daily volume of cryptocurrency transactions stands at around $150 million—exceeding the volume of interbank exchanges in fiat currency, the hryvnia, according to the New York Times.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2022
  • To streamline its defense supply chain, Ukraine has invested roughly $330 million (14 billion hryvnia) since January to deliver over 181,000 systems, including drones and electronic warfare units, via a direct digital procurement platform.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026

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