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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Opening a first savings or checking account with birthday money or a first paycheck is a rite of passage for many Americans, but millions of adults are just now doing that or are learning how to use their accounts to improve their finances, banking experts say.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Those prices will feel relatively affordable as their paychecks grow, Powell argued.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
This history of modern men’s streetwear—arguably arriving at the genre’s dénouement—consists of case studies detailing how a series of cool-kid T-shirt brands came to dominate the paychecks and birthday wish lists of generations of young people.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
For his role in the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which came out in 2000, Jim Carrey’s tortuous costume and makeup had him on the verge of walking away from a $20 million paycheck.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Those prices will feel relatively affordable as their paychecks grow, Powell argued.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
This history of modern men’s streetwear—arguably arriving at the genre’s dénouement—consists of case studies detailing how a series of cool-kid T-shirt brands came to dominate the paychecks and birthday wish lists of generations of young people.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
For his role in the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which came out in 2000, Jim Carrey’s tortuous costume and makeup had him on the verge of walking away from a $20 million paycheck.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paycheck
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paycheck. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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paycheck
noun
pay·check
ˈpā-ˌchek 
: a check in payment of wages or salary
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