: a computerized electronic machine that performs basic banking functions (such as handling check deposits or issuing cash withdrawals)
called also automated teller machine, automatic teller, automatic teller machine
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Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
Bello Morales then went to a gas station on Montrose Avenue, unsuccessfully trying to withdraw money from an ATM using Levin’s credit cards, prosecutors said.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
In December, Vermilion closed on purchasing lots at 609 and 615 Davis Street, the site of a former Chase Bank ATM drive-thru.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Mendenhall was arrested the following day in Nashville, Tenn. after police investigating another murder stopped his truck and found her bloody clothes, phone and ATM card in a plastic bag in his cab.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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Investigators believe they were abducted and taken to an ATM, where they were forced to withdraw $500 and that the suspect used duct tape, plastic ties, handcuffs and goggles to bind and control Bochicchio and her daughter, according to the Boca Raton Police Department's website.
—Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
Bello Morales then went to a gas station on Montrose Avenue, unsuccessfully trying to withdraw money from an ATM using Levin’s credit cards, prosecutors said.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
In December, Vermilion closed on purchasing lots at 609 and 615 Davis Street, the site of a former Chase Bank ATM drive-thru.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Mendenhall was arrested the following day in Nashville, Tenn. after police investigating another murder stopped his truck and found her bloody clothes, phone and ATM card in a plastic bag in his cab.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Atm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atm. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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