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Examples of automated teller machine in a Sentence
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An automated teller machine in Moraga ran out of cash.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
The average cost of an out-of-network ATM withdrawal reached a new high of $4.72, personal finance web site Bankrate.com reported in its latest study on checking account and automated teller machine fees.
—John Hielscher, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2019
This Labor Day will mark the 50th anniversary of that ubiquitous money dispenser in the U.S. The automated teller machine – known primarily now as ATM – made its American debut at a Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, Long Island, on Sept. 2, 1969.
—Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
But Cardtronics, a large retail automated teller machine network whose ATMs are found in places like CVS, Walgreens and Speedway, was quick to applaud Tauchen’s bill.
—Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2019
The reason the automated teller machines are offline?
—Anna Buchmann, sacbee, 17 May 2018
That attack shut down automated teller machines in Kiev, froze government agencies and even forced workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to monitor radiation levels manually.
—Alan Blinder and Nicole Perlroth, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
For a few cents Colombian customers taking out cash can buy insurance against being robbed during the next few hours, by pressing a button on the automated teller machine; 250,000 did so in July and over 350,000 in August.
—The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
For a few cents Colombian customers taking out cash can buy insurance against being robbed during the next few hours, by pressing a button on the automated teller machine
—The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
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First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of automated teller machine was
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“Automated teller machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/automated%20teller%20machine. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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