sawbucks

plural of sawbuck, slang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawbucks
Noun
  • Spot charter rates for tankers have soared into the hundreds of thousands of dollars a day, while the ship-to-ship transfers can take several days.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The film even spawned a three-film franchise, with the entire trilogy eventually pulling in over one billion dollars in box office bucks.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The film even spawned a three-film franchise, with the entire trilogy eventually pulling in over one billion dollars in box office bucks.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Parker McCollum has spent years chasing big whitetail bucks with his bow.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The increase also reflects a few additional states that expanded their early voting opportunities and ones that made more of their data available since the last midterms.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Beginning January 2027, Ford Foundation staff will shift to three temporary units to maintain its existing grants while simultaneously transitioning new ones.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Black neighborhoods north and northwest of downtown Jacksonville endure poverty, pollution, and high incidences of lead poisoning, cancer, and other diseases — and hundreds of shootings involving children.
    — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The company said Cheerios and Ziploc receive hundreds of thousands of requests, comments and reactions annually about cereal packaging.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Over 7 million people were eligible to vote, and tens of thousands reportedly arrived from overseas.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • With a consequential election in Israel Tuesday, tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad have flown in just to cast their ballots.
    — Matt Gutman, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The 2026 midterm elections are set to become the most expensive on record, as Republicans pour cash into battleground races to defy history and maintain control of Congress.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That allows rights owners to unlock cash from income streams that may continue for decades.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The sharks are another story — their flesh is not well regarded and is often given away, while its fins are considered poor quality for the global shark fin trade.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Sawbucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawbucks. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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