Examples of paycheck in a Sentence
I went to the office to pick up my paycheck.
Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.
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The next paycheck for controllers is scheduled for Tuesday, but that will only include payment for hours worked before the shutdown.
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Guardsmen serving under state orders—known as State Active Duty or Title 32 status—are paid through state budgets, meaning their paychecks continue even during a federal shutdown.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
By a constellation of good luck and better politics, most federal employees got their last paycheck in the final hours before the shutdown.
—Phil Elliott, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The Star-Telegram has also reached out to the Senate’s Disbursing Office and the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer in the House seeking information about which Tarrant County lawmakers have asked that their paychecks be withheld.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Guardsmen serving under state orders—known as State Active Duty or Title 32 status—are paid through state budgets, meaning their paychecks continue even during a federal shutdown.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
By a constellation of good luck and better politics, most federal employees got their last paycheck in the final hours before the shutdown.
—Phil Elliott, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The Star-Telegram has also reached out to the Senate’s Disbursing Office and the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer in the House seeking information about which Tarrant County lawmakers have asked that their paychecks be withheld.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paycheck. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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paycheck
noun
pay·check
ˈpā-ˌchek 
: a check in payment of wages or salary
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