Example Sentences

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One big problem is that most Venezuelans earn their salaries in bolivares, the national currency, and don’t have easy access to dollars.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Some teachers will remain absent for fear of getting sick or because of low salaries, she said, adding that the maximum monthly salary for her members is 118 bolivares, equivalent to $27.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2021

He also said that workers would receive 2.2m bolivares in meal tickets,

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2018

Mariana Leon, a crypto-economics consultant, said she has helped several companies in the sugar, chocolate and rum industries invest their bolivares in cryptocurrencies, keeping them in business even while other companies shuttered operations.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2017

A dollar is worth about sixteen hundred bolivares at the moment.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2016