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Discover LudwigThe phrase "around a dime" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate an approximate amount of money, often in the context of pricing or cost.
Example: "The cost of the item is around a dime, making it an affordable option for most people."
Alternatives: "about ten cents" or "roughly a dime".
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Neither company knew about the postings, which drove the stock price from around a dime to $8 over the weekend, and eventually to around $15 on Monday afternoon, by which time the alumni had gleefully sold out.
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"It turned us around on a dime," said Don Fox, Firehouse's chief executive.
Long bear markets don't turn around on a dime.
But as soon as the monetary authorities pumped money, Japan turned around on a dime.
When you can turn behavior around on a dime using shame and you've got a crowded classroom and a lot of stress and pressures around test prepping—I think you have to have good alternatives.
One minute, they're expected to defend George W. Bush by suggesting that it undermines the troops to attack the commander in chief during a war, and then they're banking around on a dime to suddenly attack the new commander in chief during a war.
I think that we have an opportunity what next to really set a new trend, to really start to turn this cruise ship around, because you just can't turn it around in a drop of a dime but at least we could start that process.
And I've heard through the grapevine that the librarians at the research division are overwhelmingly against it too, but have been encouraged to keep their mouths shut; as a friend of a friend who works there remarked: "They fire people on a dime around here".
Our children need to understand that they can't expect themselves or the world around them to turn on a dime.
McDonald's has turned on a dime to get around San Francisco's ban on fast-food meals containing free toys.
With the right chief executive, the organization can turn on a dime and run circles around the slower-moving bureaucracies.
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