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cashiering

verb

present participle of cashier
1
as in sacking
to let go from office, service, or employment was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe

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2
as in unloading
to get rid of as useless or unwanted the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence

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Recent Examples of cashiering The movie, which Polanski wrote with the British novelist Robert Harris (on whose 2013 novel it’s based), starts not with Dreyfus’s arrest or conviction but with his cashiering ceremony, in the courtyard of the École Militaire, in Paris. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cashiering
  1. sacking
  2. unloading
  3. removing
  4. dumping
  5. dismissing
  6. discarding
  7. retiring
  8. ditching
Verb
  • The Raiders dominated the line of scrimmage, sacking Malik Willis five times and holding De'Von Achane — who rushed for 1,350 yards in 2025 — to 36 yards on 11 carries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Minnesota pressured Love on 13 snaps in the second half, sacking him four times, and left the Packers out of sorts.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of sacking
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  • An employee was also observed loading dirty dishes into a dish rack and subsequently unloading clean dishes from a dish rack without washing their hands.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Many showed up every morning, unloading pallets of potatoes, working the front desk, helping others who came for food.
    — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of unloading
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  • Water filtration is an easy option for backpackers but is less effective at removing viruses.
    — Elaine Reno, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The real frontier is removing the human latency between seeing a problem and solving it, and that’s exactly what agentic AI can help make possible.
    — Devendra Rajput, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of removing
Verb
  • By dumping pro-Palestinian Macklemore from his tour, apolitical Ed Sheeran is suddenly political, argues news and culture critic Lorraine Ali.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • One great way to do that is dumping the ball off to your dynamic running back who can catch the ball out of the backfield.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dumping
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  • A day after dismissing Dana Brown, Astros owner Jim Crane fielded a question specifically about Bagwell’s potential candidacy.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That doesn't mean Cramer is dismissing the risks from higher oil.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • During the response, drone pilots spotted the man discarding a rifle outside the residence, police said.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That method involves preserving the initial prompt and the last several thousand reasoning tokens, but discarding many of the intermediate reasoning tokens.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of discarding
Verb
  • Dillard taught for more than 20 years at Wesleyan University before retiring in 2002.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That will be a huge emphasis for whoever replaces Jamie Pollard, who is retiring as athletic director next June.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of retiring
Verb
  • Difficulties in ditching antidepressants Kennedy has claimed that for some people, stopping antidepressants can be harder than quitting heroin.
    — Andrew McLean, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Bullock also switched up her hair, ditching her usual slick waves in favor of a boho look comprised of a few tiny braids.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of ditching

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“Cashiering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cashiering. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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