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In January 2021, shortly after Toyota decided to stop sending its go-anywhere Land Cruiser to America for the first time in 63 years, the company’s U.S. clientele spoke with their checkbooks, driving the outgoing model’s sales to their second-highest level in 10 years.
—Jamie Kitman, airmail.news, 5 Oct. 2024
No one wants to see a fantasy object buying groceries or balancing her checkbook, and lest that seem sexist, know that the same goes for race-car drivers, soldiers and superheroes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Investors, pouring $27 billion into AI startups in the U.S. from April to June alone, are actively pulling out their checkbooks and doling out mind-blowing valuations in hopes of backing the next Microsoft and Apple.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Get out your checkbooks and prepare for a potential bidding war, folks!
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2024
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circa 1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Checkbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkbook. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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checkbook
noun
check·book
ˈchek-ˌbu̇k
: a book of blank bank checks
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