Example Sentences

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It did it with patience, port contracts and checkbooks, while Americans were busy elsewhere.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026

Donors appeared convinced and ready to open their checkbooks should Texas members decide to flee the state, according to three people who were on the calls or briefed on them.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

Harbaugh knows that to win with the Chargers, his owners will have to keep their checkbooks open.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Like eight-track cassettes and checkbooks, it served a valuable purpose at one time, but no longer.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

As inflation ate away at their modest government pensions, Elizebeth spent long hours going over their checkbooks, bank records, and tax forms.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield