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foreign coins are not acceptable lucre in most vending machines in this country
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As professional leagues in many sports started popping up around the world in the 20th century, the Olympics drew a hard line, disqualifying any athletes who were tainted by accepting filthy lucre.
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Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Medieval Money celebrates the lucre that made the Morgan Library possible.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Morton earned his lucre as an enforcer in the drug trade, committing a murder here and there.
—Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
But the increasingly big business of college sports is driven, more than ever, by football’s television lucre.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
And now, thanks to the Biden administration’s move, the United States has taken a clear step back—and opened the door once more for foreign regimes flooding these think tanks with their lucre.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 12 May 2023
Still, these players could be earning much more, if only the schools themselves, who are showering in lucre provided by media-rights contracts, gate receipts, and other sources, were allowed to share revenue with them.
—Time, 6 June 2023
The industry’s surpassing love of lucre beyond all else doesn’t only infect political coverage.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
Stateless people do not elect officials, enjoy diplomatic representation, or possess the lucre of a corporate lobby.
—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020
Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Medieval Money celebrates the lucre that made the Morgan Library possible.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Morton earned his lucre as an enforcer in the drug trade, committing a murder here and there.
—Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
But the increasingly big business of college sports is driven, more than ever, by football’s television lucre.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
And now, thanks to the Biden administration’s move, the United States has taken a clear step back—and opened the door once more for foreign regimes flooding these think tanks with their lucre.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 12 May 2023
Still, these players could be earning much more, if only the schools themselves, who are showering in lucre provided by media-rights contracts, gate receipts, and other sources, were allowed to share revenue with them.
—Time, 6 June 2023
The industry’s surpassing love of lucre beyond all else doesn’t only infect political coverage.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
Stateless people do not elect officials, enjoy diplomatic representation, or possess the lucre of a corporate lobby.
—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020
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“Lucre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lucre. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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lucre
noun
lu·cre
ˈlü-kər 
: gain in money : profit
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: money sense 1a
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