checkbook
Americannoun
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checkbooks
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Meanwhile, U.S. fertilizer companies are competing with China’s bottomless checkbook, impacting investor upside.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Decades before plastic became the default currency at the cash register and Venmo became a verb, pulling out a paper checkbook to pay for weekly groceries was a standard routine in American life.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Apple, which has ruled the electronics supply chain for more than a decade with its gargantuan checkbook, suddenly finds itself waiting in line for two components crucial to all its devices, memory and storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
“They need to pay for it by opening up their checkbook and changing the program to ensure that there are parental controls and that we are not endangering our kids.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Rain had a checkbook, but I never saw her touch it.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
One imagines irritated Michigan Wolverines burning checkbooks and disavowing money-market accounts as they drink their spritzes at Ann Arbor tailgates—but inside Columbus, this is like getting to sponsor religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
It did it with patience, port contracts and checkbooks, while Americans were busy elsewhere.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
On paper, Greene has a lot going for her a Trump’s heir apparent, and she likely will get checkbooks flinging open.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
Like eight-track cassettes and checkbooks, it served a valuable purpose at one time, but no longer.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
“Hand over all your notebooks, your address books, your checkbooks, and all your personal documents!” shouted the man who seemed to be in charge.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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