How to Use checking account in a Sentence

checking account

noun
  • Our guess is a hell of a lot more than any of us will ever have in our checking accounts.
    — refinery29.com, 25 June 2018
  • The next day the two went to a local bank and opened a checking account in the student’s name.
    — David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2020
  • He was left with $1,700 in his checking account and no idea what to do next.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2023
  • This is a free service to withdraw funds from a savings or checking account.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Learn how to compare costs when choosing the right bank to open savings and checking accounts.
    — Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 10 Apr. 2018
  • For checking accounts, that means skipping monthly fees that can eat away at your paycheck.
    — Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Google Plex could have been a digital checking account killer app.
    — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • These deposits leave you with less available cash in your checking account that you might be tempted to spend.
    — Isabella Simonetti, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Moore picked him back up from work Friday morning, and then took him to a bank to open a checking account.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 19 June 2020
  • Days later, the money still hadn’t arrived in their checking account.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 22 July 2021
  • But there’s no reason to pay anything just to have access to a basic checking account.
    — Julian Kheel, CNN Underscored, 3 July 2020
  • But checking accounts often serve to get customers in the digital door so that banks can sell them loans.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Zelle is offered to bank customers across the country with a checking account or bank account.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Nearly all banks offer non-interest checking accounts that are or can be free, the study said.
    — John Hielscher, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • And don't try to use an online savings account as a pseudo-checking account.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2019
  • One of the first financial accounts a consumer opens is a checking account.
    — Peter Fisher, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • We’ve been told over and over that the only way out of trauma is by burning through our dwindling checking accounts.
    — Kristin Iversen, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2020
  • AmEx launched a new Kabbage checking account for that market last month.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 23 July 2021
  • Thanks to this deal, your checking account won't be headed for the proverbial graveyard anytime soon.
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Her boyfriend has already stolen $200 from her checking account since his release from jail.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • The fake company locked the man out of his own computer and accessed his checking account.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 31 July 2020
  • The nature of her crimes barred her from having a checking account, a credit card or a debit card while on parole.
    — Freep.com, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The first time my checking account was ever over $3,000 was during that job.
    — Charlotte Cowles, New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • Usually, checking accounts don’t come with spending rewards like that.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • More than half don’t have a total of $1,000 in their savings and checking accounts combined.
    — David French, National Review, 21 Dec. 2017
  • And then direct the IRS to put the rest in your savings or checking account or elsewhere.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Most Americans check the balance on their checking account at least once a week, including about a third who do so once a day or more.
    — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Retirees may be booking trips, visiting family, checking accounts from the road and spending more time away from home.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • For a while, the monopoly of commercial banks and S&Ls on checking accounts held.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, having the right products in your at-home arsenal can make all the difference in the overall health of your hair and your checking account.
    — Aimee Simeon, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2021

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