Example Sentences

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Before the war, 28-year-old Moustafa al-Haboubi could barely manage the crowds queuing to exchange foreign currency for Iraqi dinars.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The armed groups then transferred the cash back to Iraq, exchanged it for dinars and profited from the currency arbitrage, Treasury said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

That means their salaries are paid in dinars.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024

The 14 banks have been banned from undertaking dollar transactions but can continue to use Iraqi dinars and other foreign currencies.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2023

With this I will buy all kinds of merchandise and jewels and perfumes and gain great profit on them till, God willing, I will make my capital a hundred thousand dinars or two million dirhems.

From Europa's Fairy Book by Batten, John Dickson