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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While taking home little to no paycheck within the first few years can be common among small business owners, said Kevin Ketels, the tricky balancing act child care owners play to maintain profitability is not.
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Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, pensions are largely extinct except in government, 401(k)s are too often spotty as replacements, and rent absorbs a huge chunk of paychecks for those without equity.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Millions of student loan holders may see their paychecks garnished to recover their defaulted debts this month.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
As remote work lingers, employees are doubling, even tripling, their paychecks by secretly juggling multiple full-time jobs—and not even having to pull overtime.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, pensions are largely extinct except in government, 401(k)s are too often spotty as replacements, and rent absorbs a huge chunk of paychecks for those without equity.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Millions of student loan holders may see their paychecks garnished to recover their defaulted debts this month.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
As remote work lingers, employees are doubling, even tripling, their paychecks by secretly juggling multiple full-time jobs—and not even having to pull overtime.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paycheck. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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paycheck
noun
pay·check
ˈpā-ˌchek 
: a check in payment of wages or salary
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