loose change
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They whirl, bounce, and collide within their confined space like loose change shaking violently in a machine, moving so quickly and unpredictably that standard scientific tools have struggled to track them.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
With capital expenditure due to peak in the coming year, the miner has little loose change for an all-cash deal, the analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Disney’s respective 70 percent purchase of Fubo stakes was meant to toss some loose change, make the suit go away, and keep Disney focused on its in-house sports missions.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2025
The first meters that accepted credit cards were installed in 2010, years after most people had stopped carrying loose change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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