as in salaries
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
almost half of her paycheck goes to child care and transportation expenses
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Recent Examples of paychecks
Inside the consumer apps that 10 million everyday Americans use to manage their paychecks.
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Nicole Casperson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Even small, consistent contributions can help build a financial cushion over time and reduce reliance on future paychecks.
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Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
For the next several years, Page poured her sweat and paychecks into the property.
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Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
In Orange County, 61% of renters are cost-burdened, and after years of rents climbing far faster than paychecks, the math no longer works.
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Kam Shenai,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
While some stars like Friends' Matthew Perry received a hefty sum in their residual paychecks, other '90s actors weren't as lucky.
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Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
No paychecks for drivers mean higher yield per journey.
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New Atlas,
20 June 2026
In other words, thousands of California families are losing their paychecks so that one of the richest men in the state can build the machines designed to replace the next 8,000 workers — and get even richer as a result!
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Alex Lee,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
The May nonfarm payrolls report told us that folks are still working and collecting paychecks.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima,
CNBC,
14 June 2026
Nicole Casperson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Even small, consistent contributions can help build a financial cushion over time and reduce reliance on future paychecks.
—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
For the next several years, Page poured her sweat and paychecks into the property.
—
Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
In Orange County, 61% of renters are cost-burdened, and after years of rents climbing far faster than paychecks, the math no longer works.
—
Kam Shenai,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
While some stars like Friends' Matthew Perry received a hefty sum in their residual paychecks, other '90s actors weren't as lucky.
—
Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
No paychecks for drivers mean higher yield per journey.
—
New Atlas,
20 June 2026
In other words, thousands of California families are losing their paychecks so that one of the richest men in the state can build the machines designed to replace the next 8,000 workers — and get even richer as a result!
—
Alex Lee,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
The May nonfarm payrolls report told us that folks are still working and collecting paychecks.
—
Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima,
CNBC,
14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paychecks
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Here are some top salaries for doctors in their peak earning years, ages 40 to 55, according to the researchers.
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Cuts to funding for people with disabilities, rising tuition costs and slashed teacher salaries would all be on the table, said Fogle, a Springfield Democrat.
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For this calculation, the institutional research department compared UC graduates’ earnings to out-of-pocket costs for their degrees and the opportunity costs of forgone wages of high school graduates of the same age.
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Anthropic gives serious attention to displacement, including the possibility of durable pressure on wages and employment, while the Vatican insists that work is tied to dignity, participation and citizenship.
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California’s richest residents would be able to spread the payments over five years.
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The first wave of Social Security payments for July is scheduled to be distributed this week.
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“Paychecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paychecks. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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