cash machine
noun
British
: a machine that people use to get money from their bank accounts by using a special card
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Investors have been using the largest company in the world — Nvidia — as a cash machine this month.
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
While the cable flagship now reaches some 60 million U.S. households, a tally that’s down significantly from around 101 million homes just 15 years ago, the sports unit remains a hyperactive cash machine, generating $17.7 billion in revenue during fiscal year 2025.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The ad, released Wednesday, opens with a narrator asking what a burner phone, an expensive pen and a cash machine have in common.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
This is something my colleague Jeremy Kahn has written about quite a bit, particularly in the context of Nvidia’s massive cycling cash machine.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
The result is a steady, diversified cash machine that can lean toward offense or defense without putting the dividend at risk.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The younger Richardson remembers watching his dad play inside the then-Amway Center and recalls hearing a cash machine sound when his dad would sink shots from beyond the arc.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
While the cable flagship now reaches some 60 million U.S. households, a tally that’s down significantly from around 101 million homes just 15 years ago, the sports unit remains a hyperactive cash machine, generating $17.7 billion in revenue during fiscal year 2025.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The ad, released Wednesday, opens with a narrator asking what a burner phone, an expensive pen and a cash machine have in common.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
This is something my colleague Jeremy Kahn has written about quite a bit, particularly in the context of Nvidia’s massive cycling cash machine.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
The result is a steady, diversified cash machine that can lean toward offense or defense without putting the dividend at risk.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The younger Richardson remembers watching his dad play inside the then-Amway Center and recalls hearing a cash machine sound when his dad would sink shots from beyond the arc.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
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“Cash machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20machine. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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