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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Affiliate funding is not reported for other employees, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the state is footing the bill for their entire paycheck.
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Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
These include the employer’s portion of Social Security and Medicare, federal and state unemployment taxes and income tax withholding from employee paychecks.
—Forbes Money Team, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
There are incentives in place for nurses, Skipper said, among them a student loan repayment plan and a $10,000 hiring bonus, paid in two $5,000 installments in a new correctional nurse’s first two paychecks.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
The nationwide shortage of controllers came into stark focus during the recent government shutdown, when many federal workers’ paychecks were halted.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
These include the employer’s portion of Social Security and Medicare, federal and state unemployment taxes and income tax withholding from employee paychecks.
—Forbes Money Team, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
There are incentives in place for nurses, Skipper said, among them a student loan repayment plan and a $10,000 hiring bonus, paid in two $5,000 installments in a new correctional nurse’s first two paychecks.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
The nationwide shortage of controllers came into stark focus during the recent government shutdown, when many federal workers’ paychecks were halted.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paycheck. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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paycheck
noun
pay·check
ˈpā-ˌchek 
: a check in payment of wages or salary
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