How to Use zloty in a Sentence

zloty

noun
  • First prize was a hundred and fifty zlotys, or about thirty dollars.
    — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Some loans doubled in zloty terms, leaving homeowners struggling to pay.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • That has attracted investors to the Polish zloty and Brazilian real.
    — Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 24 May 2022
  • The forint and zloty are particularly exposed as their countries do substantial trade with the euro area and they are normally quoted against the euro.
    — Simon Flint, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Mr Kowalczyk’s centre, which distributes the stipends, has seen its annual budget grow from about 35m to 94m zlotys.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The offering was initially expected to raise a maximum of 8 billion zloty.
    — Swetha Gopinath, Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Trading volume on Allegro shares reached about 4 billion zloty, a record daily volume for single stock in Warsaw.
    — Konrad Krasuski, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • The Polish zloty is undervalued by 44% against the dollar, and the Czech koruna by 28%.
    — The Economist, 20 Jan. 2018
  • On top of this, the pound has fallen more than 15 percent against the euro and about 21 percent against the Polish zloty since the referendum.
    — Reuters, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The shares are likely to be sold at at 43 zloty each in the IPO, the top end of a marketed range, according to terms seen by Bloomberg.
    — Swetha Gopinath, Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Poland’s economic performance has been robust, and the zloty has been the best performer among emerging-market currencies after the Czech koruna.
    — Marek Strzelecki, Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The order was canceled after the Polish government was criticized for planning to spend hundreds of thousands of zlotys on religious equipment while failing to pay teachers and medical staff their full wages.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Other European currencies, including the Swiss franc, Swedish krone and Polish zloty, also notched sharp losses against the dollar.
    — Daniel Kruger, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • Starting more than a decade ago, Poles got the opportunity to take out mortgages denominated in Swiss francs with interest rates less than half the prevailing level for loans in Polish zloty.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • According to estimates by the presidency, the new law would allow the average family to save about 1,000 zloty ($274) every month.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Poland has this week implemented temporary measures including maximum fuel prices set daily by authorities, with the threat of fines ranging up to 1 million zlotys ($268,000) for companies that sell above the price cap.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The lottery secured the title in 2023 when 550 people came together to scratch off their tickets, most of which earned them between 5 to 60 Polish zloty (or roughly $1 to $16).
    — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • That accounted for about 4% of EU-China trade and generated 740 million zloty ($200 million) in Polish customs duties.
    — Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Poland also runs a Family 800+ program, a universal child benefit that was increased to 800 zloty ($219) in January 2024.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • What To Know The law signed by Nawrocki introduced zero personal income tax (PIT) for families raising two or more children and earning up to 140,000 zloty (roughly up to $38,395) a year.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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