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banknotes

noun

plural of banknote

as in bills

a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States the new nation immediately printed up its own banknotes

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Recent Examples of banknotes Toddler girl looking at and holding a small stack of banknotes while with her other hand holding a credit card. — Justina Lee,lisa Kim, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 The new banknotes would then undergo testing before entering circulation, while remaining interchangeable with the current series of euro notes. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 Could Leonardo da Vinci, alongside imagery of visitors strolling through art exhibitions, become the face of future euro banknotes? — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026 The customer who walks in with banknotes is the customer digital challengers have never been able to reach. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The British are busily removing Winston Churchill from their banknotes, replacing him with an engraving of a hedgehog. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 The prohibition against living people appearing on currency dates to 1866, when Congress took action after a Treasury official, Spencer Clark, printed his face on banknotes. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 June 2026 At a news conference toward the end of Blatter’s reign, a prankster showered him with banknotes. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Wall space is dedicated to everything condor, from National Geographic magazine covers to Argentinian banknotes to bird skulls mounted in shadowboxes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

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Noun

That evolution is particularly relevant in the utility industry, where electricity demand is growing, grids need modernization and companies face mounting pressure to invest while keeping customer bills affordable.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Johannesburg’s finances are collapsing under the weight of unpaid bills, leaving South Africa’s economic hub cash-starved and politically rudderless, according to a new report.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bills

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All four stars ably play the stoic and sorrowful notes required of them, without finding many secondary or contrasting ones in their dialogue.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Citrus, woods, and aromatic notes undercut some of vanilla’s sweetness and offer a sophisticated result.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of notes

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West Suburban closed in March, after the hospital’s CEO said problems with the billing systems left the hospital short on cash.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Down payment expectations are meaningfully larger too; these programs generally want the borrower to have real equity in the deal from day one, and the strongest pricing goes to borrowers who bring more cash and better credit.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

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Earlier this year, the US government introduced new rules requiring citizens of dozens of countries, including Cape Verde, to post a bond of up to 15,000 dollars to enter the United States.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
No amount of ad campaigns that Meta is pouring untold millions of dollars into — nor even endorsements from Kylie Jenner or Kylian Mbappé, literally some of the most famous people on the planet — is going to change that.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026

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