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Greenbacks is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Greenbacks in a sentence

Greenbacks | Greenback

Greenbacks meaning

plural of greenback

Using Greenbacks

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of greenback
  • In the example corpus, greenbacks often appears in combinations such as: greenbacks and, the greenbacks, using greenbacks.

Context around Greenbacks

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Greenbacks

  • In this selection, "greenbacks" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, using, texas, crisp, coming, swathers and recent stand out and add context to how "greenbacks" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include c denoting greenbacks and money and despite the greenbacks recent gains. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "greenbacks" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with greenbacks

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Some wanted Greenbacks and others wanted gold. (7 words)

Greenbacks were therefore perfect substitutes for gold coins. (8 words)

Greenbacks & Swathers feature two of the best mascots in… twitter. (10 words)

Butler, while far from opposed to the nomination, hoped to be nominated by the Democratic or Republican parties, or at least in the case of the former, to influence the party platform into being more favorable to greenbacks. (38 words)

Authorities have turned a blind eye to a greater number of transactions being carried out in U.S. dollars, with Ecoanalitica estimating that some 60 per cent of all purchases are now done using greenbacks. (35 words)

His conservatism extended to financial matters, as he became known as a staunch supporter of the gold standard and an opponent of greenbacks and silver coinage, which he believed would cause inflation. (32 words)

Example sentences (19)

Spring Break skiers will start showing up next weekend, which means lots of Texas greenbacks coming into town.

Stuffing your greenbacks into the "mattress bank" is a way of life for many Argentines.

Though it was considered a triumph, one newspaper critiqued: 'The Goulds and Vanderbilts and people of that ilk perfumed the air with the odor of crisp greenbacks.

Indeed, the rise in the personal saving rate between November 2022 to November 2023 suggests that people were holding their greenbacks.

Our big customers also import a lotta foreign goods, and we hafta give them priority on the greenbacks from BoG”.

Authorities have turned a blind eye to a greater number of transactions being carried out in U.S. dollars, with Ecoanalitica estimating that some 60 per cent of all purchases are now done using greenbacks.

Before Saturday’s measure, the government had only sold greenbacks through the central bank although many transactions routinely took place on the black market.

Greenbacks & Swathers feature two of the best mascots in… twitter.

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However, despite the greenbacks recent gains, the prospect of faster-than-expected monetary policy tightening abroad has left the buck atop of its lowest level outright in more than three-years.

Butler, while far from opposed to the nomination, hoped to be nominated by the Democratic or Republican parties, or at least in the case of the former, to influence the party platform into being more favorable to greenbacks.

Finally, the Emerald City as Washington D. C. denoting greenbacks and money of the country.

Greenbacks were therefore perfect substitutes for gold coins.

His conservatism extended to financial matters, as he became known as a staunch supporter of the gold standard and an opponent of greenbacks and silver coinage, which he believed would cause inflation.

It opposed using greenbacks to redeem U.S. bonds, encouraged immigration, endorsed full rights for naturalized citizens, and favored Radical Reconstruction as distinct from the more lenient policy of President Andrew Johnson.

It was far less important than other measures, such as $2.8 billion in bond sales and some printing of Greenbacks.

One of Lincoln's "team of rivals", he was appointed Secretary of Treasury during the Civil War, issuing "greenbacks".

Scarcity of official money The United States had no national paper money until 1862 ( greenbacks used to fund the Civil War), but these notes were discounted to gold until 1877.

Some wanted Greenbacks and others wanted gold.

The market price of gold in greenbacks was above the pre-War fixed price ($20.67 per ounce of gold) requiring deflation to achieve the pre-War price.

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Common combinations with greenbacks

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "greenbacks" in a sentence?
An example: "Spring Break skiers will start showing up next weekend, which means lots of Texas greenbacks coming into town." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "greenbacks" from authentic English texts.
What does "greenbacks" mean?
Greenbacks means: plural of greenback
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