as in salaries
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 paychecks
Tuesday marked the first time federal employees — including air traffic controllers — received their zero-dollar paychecks as the shutdown has dragged into the 30-day mark.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also warned that exhausted, stressed and overworked controllers, many of whom have reported needing to get second jobs to cover bills while their paychecks are paused, could increase risks of issues arising at airports, and more have been calling in sick.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The crews of the agency’s decades-old WP-3D aircraft have now missed two paychecks due to the shutdown, according to a NOAA employee with knowledge of the hurricane hunter operations, who spoke with CNN on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The federal government shutdown, now in its fifth week, continues to strain hundreds of thousands of government workers who haven’t received paychecks, and some of those employees have applied for new jobs in state government.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
This comes as more than 700,000 federal workers are furloughed without pay or continue to work without their regular paychecks also because of the government shutdown.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
But, with the loss of his income and bills pouring in, the family applied for benefits at the end of September when her husband's paychecks officially dried up.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Still, members of Congress continue to collect their $174,000-per-year paychecks, though some Wisconsin lawmakers have requested their pay be withheld until the shutdown ends.
—Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The Pentagon did not say how many paychecks will be covered by the donation or how many payment cycles.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also warned that exhausted, stressed and overworked controllers, many of whom have reported needing to get second jobs to cover bills while their paychecks are paused, could increase risks of issues arising at airports, and more have been calling in sick.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The crews of the agency’s decades-old WP-3D aircraft have now missed two paychecks due to the shutdown, according to a NOAA employee with knowledge of the hurricane hunter operations, who spoke with CNN on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The federal government shutdown, now in its fifth week, continues to strain hundreds of thousands of government workers who haven’t received paychecks, and some of those employees have applied for new jobs in state government.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
This comes as more than 700,000 federal workers are furloughed without pay or continue to work without their regular paychecks also because of the government shutdown.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
But, with the loss of his income and bills pouring in, the family applied for benefits at the end of September when her husband's paychecks officially dried up.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Still, members of Congress continue to collect their $174,000-per-year paychecks, though some Wisconsin lawmakers have requested their pay be withheld until the shutdown ends.
—Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The Pentagon did not say how many paychecks will be covered by the donation or how many payment cycles.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paychecks
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Public schools in particular have become so reliant on bond sales to fund salaries and services that overall school debt more than doubled from 2002 to 2019, rising to $500 billion.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The high cost of education also discourage graduates from entering public or rural practice, where salaries are typically lower.—
Sixteen Ramos,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The only alternative, Rodrik says, is embracing the services economy and raising productivity and wages in it.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Unlike New York, housing costs are about 27% lower than the national average, according to data from RentCafe, though wages trail behind the national average.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Not only have debit and credit card payments become more popular with Gen Z, but so have buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) services.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Trump officials' focus on recouping payments from defaulted student loan borrowers was a reversal of the Education Department's strategy under former President Joe Biden, which centered more on providing borrowers with additional options to get current on their bills.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Paychecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paychecks. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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