as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
almost half of her paycheck goes to child care and transportation expenses
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Recent Examples of paycheck
The market is already answering Nursing—long celebrated for its meaning and quietly dismissed for its paycheck—has emerged as the most structurally durable career in the AI economy.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
American workers aren’t just taking home a paycheck.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
This isn’t easy, especially for workers who don’t have a job with regular paychecks.
—Julie Appleby, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the caddie of the runner-up gets 7% of their paycheck, while the rest of the caddies make 5%.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
American workers aren’t just taking home a paycheck.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
This isn’t easy, especially for workers who don’t have a job with regular paychecks.
—Julie Appleby, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the caddie of the runner-up gets 7% of their paycheck, while the rest of the caddies make 5%.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for paycheck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paycheck
Noun
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Becerra’s top aide, Sean McCluskie, plead guilty in November to diverting $225,000 from Becerra’s dormant campaign funds and using the money to inflate his salary.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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There was no school on Wednesday due to Palestinian Authority cuts to teacher salaries in the area.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Washington state taxes income from capital gains but not wages and salaries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The W-2s reflected false wages from the company and false federal income tax withholdings, officials allege.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Eligible users should have received a notice in the mail or email containing a notice ID and a confirmation code, which is needed when selecting a payment method online.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Since the 2018 reforms began requiring the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to report awards and settlements related to formal complaints, there have been eight payments made by House members' offices, totaling just over $400,000.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paycheck. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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