fiver

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fiver Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024 Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee. Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022 The loss represented by the odd pocketed fiver is mainly one of trust. New York Times, 4 May 2021 Reuters/Simon Dawson Would Brits like a digital fiver? John Detrixhe, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2020 When the wellness-retreat trend cemented places like Bali, Tulum, and Goa as destinations for nine-to-fivers desperate for a reset, stylish travelers went searching for the next sunny spot. Corina Quinn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2019 If Palm Springs isn't your speed, head to New York's Ace, which set the standard with its locals-hang-here lobby and top-notch bar that attracts nearby nine-to-fivers and out-of-towners alike. Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2018 The man grabbed Thibodeaux's cash out of his hand, found a good fiver and threw the rest back at him. Anita Chabria, sacbee, 29 May 2018 Unlike most other cities, Birmingham's downtown has no congestion after all the nine-to-fivers clear out. Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiver
Noun
  • The ones that are gone and the ones that are still paying for it, which were kids.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Google's on-device Gemini Nano model is key to some of the newest and more interesting AI features, but large language models (even the small ones) need a lot of RAM.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 35-year-old bagged 12 centuries and 35 fifties in ODIs and had the highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.
    Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As tens of thousands of Americans continue to contact their members of Congress to urge them to hold Musk accountable, Common Cause will continue to demand transparency and accountability from Musk and everyone in this administration because no one is above the law.
    Aaron Scherb, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Resignation offers spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency were extended to more than 2 million federal employees, and tens of thousands have accepted.
    Russ Wiles, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.
    Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That’s just me, though, and if an American citizen wants to put a tenner on the Lakers’ likelihood to hire on even more geriatric former stars, then feel free.
    Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Putting down an odd number, such as $10.11 instead of just a tenner, in the closing hours is her lucky tip for beating the masses.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 31 May 2022
Noun
  • Disturbed’s Trio of Top Five Smashes The group even manages a trio of top fives on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, a tally which Disturbed has not only come to know well throughout the years, but dominates with some frequency.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The intrigue: Both Raleigh and Durham had similar listening habits, with nearly identical top fives — though Durham left a spot for Ye, the controversial rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, and Raleigh preferred Morgan Wallen.
    Zachery Eanes, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In a billion dollar deal that shakes up the world of luxury fashion, Prada has agreed to buy Versace from its owner Capri Holdings.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The Supreme Court also cleared the way for the administration to proceed with the suspension of millions of dollars in federal grants for teacher training after states had urgently asked a judge for the funding to continue.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Matches between tribes were often very large and could consist of hundreds, or even thousands of players.
    Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • In addition, hundreds of people in European cities—including Frankfurt, Berlin, London, Lisbon and Paris—took to the streets in solidarity with American protests.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Fiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiver. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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