How to Use paycheck in a Sentence

paycheck

noun
  • I went to the office to pick up my paycheck.
  • Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.
  • Each of them got the same paycheck and offices of the same size.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • This is where most of your paycheck should go to pay your monthly bills.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Alex … got a very good paycheck off of my brother's death.
    Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, paychecks have also grown over the past two years — but not by as much as the cost of living.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Aim to be able to survive at least a month without a paycheck.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Lunch is provided at work, though that time is a break in my paycheck.
    Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But the out-of-the-blue decision to close left baristas and cooks out of work and missing paychecks they were still owed.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Noelle Phan, a server at a high-end cocktail bar, said her paycheck has shrunk by about $300 a week.
    Priya Krishna, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The first weeks in July are when trollers catch the most king salmon in a season and earn a big chunk of their annual paychecks.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • No one should end the month at a food bank because their paychecks don’t feed their families.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Your cash is not sitting in the bank As soon as a paycheck or a business deposit reaches a bank, it’s put to work.
    Stephane Lintner, Fortune, 2 May 2023
  • Will teams try to coax coach Brian Dutcher to the Power-5 world of bigger paychecks and more resources?
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Paying off a loan over six weeks means assuming your paychecks will be the same six weeks from now.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Sosa said the families have not returned to their jobs and are missing their paychecks.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Landing a job at a top-notch white-shoe law firm offers a mix of glamor, prestige, and a hefty paycheck.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • His late father spent his holiday paycheck on a six-string for his son, then aged 13.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 1 May 2023
  • Without a bank account, up to 13% of paychecks are eaten by fees at cash checking sites.
    Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • Three years later, Pate found a fifth of her paycheck diverted to an unknown debt.
    Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Unless there’s a paycheck involved, there is nothing for him outside of these walls.
    Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Its accounts had no monthly or overdraft fees and users could get their paycheck two days in advance.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The firms handle everything from paychecks and plane tickets to port fees and passports.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • And fatter paychecks are one reason why costs are rising.
    Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Because the agreement covers the current school year, teachers will get a lump sum of back pay — to make their raise retroactive to the start of the year in August — in that May 26 paycheck, too.
    Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The days of Ohio State accepting the same media rights paycheck as Minnesota are nearing an end.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • One of the perks of a successful corporate career is often a healthy paycheck.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The practice for some is as regular as a morning coffee or a monthly paycheck (for those who still get one).
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Prices for goods and services are increasing, but paychecks are not keeping pace.
    Time, 21 July 2023
  • The money is owed based on taxes that were already withheld from paychecks or paid during 2020.
    Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024

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