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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All of which is great news for Adam Silver and everyone else pulling a paycheck from the league.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.
—Jordan Bruneau, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
In one of the health plans, for example, an OCPS teacher who insured a spouse or domestic partner would see the bi-weekly, per-paycheck costs rise from about $300 this year to $675 next year.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
The current legacy system, which handles payroll for civil service workers and California State University employees, distributes paychecks once a month and often results in incorrect payments to employees.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.
—Jordan Bruneau, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
In one of the health plans, for example, an OCPS teacher who insured a spouse or domestic partner would see the bi-weekly, per-paycheck costs rise from about $300 this year to $675 next year.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
The current legacy system, which handles payroll for civil service workers and California State University employees, distributes paychecks once a month and often results in incorrect payments to employees.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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 28 Apr. 2026.
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paycheck
noun
pay·check
ˈpā-ˌchek 
: a check in payment of wages or salary
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