The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart has enlisted Lady Gaga for a recruitment campaign, convincing the pop icon to trade vocal registers for cash registers in an effort to plug staffing shortages at thousands of outlets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Pennies quickly migrate from banks to cash registers to sock drawers, and in the past two months, they have become increasingly hard to find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
An early morning fire Friday at a produce market that’s been a fixture for Seattle’s Roosevelt and Ravenna neighborhoods since the 1970s burned so hot it melted the cash registers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
“There was nothing in there and we took about six months to stock that place, paint it, build all the shelves, the displays, the cash registers and all of that stuff,” Gonchor says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
We tore through ribbons of ripped shower curtains, the body lotion, the bleach, to the line of cash registers at the front of the store.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
