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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a billion dollar difference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant disparity in value, cost, or impact, often in financial contexts.
Example: "The new policy resulted in a billion dollar difference in the company's annual revenue."
Alternatives: "a billion-dollar gap" or "a billion-dollar variation."
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"That may not seem like a lot," he says, "but a billion dollars would make a huge difference in the amount of grants that NIH can fund".
(In a Chinese version of Hollywood accounting, this tally was subsequently shown to have included some nationalistic fudging in order to make up the few million dollars' difference between the local favorite and the foreign invader).
"Half a billion dollars.
Maybe for a billion dollars.
"A billion dollars per product!
Is that worth a billion dollars?
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