How to Use checkbook in a Sentence
checkbook
noun-
The first method of record-keeping is the checkbook method.
— Karlton Dennis, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022 -
A checkbook that had been inside the car was found on the street.
— Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017 -
When the crowd took their seats for dinner, the checkbooks came out.
— Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 13 May 2015 -
The checkbook has come out again and again, year after year.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2021 -
Then came two playoff wins, and out came the checkbook.
— Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022 -
But how many of them can – and do – balance a checkbook?
— cleveland, 13 June 2021 -
Enlarge / Time to bust out the checkbook again, GPU lovers.
— Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2022 -
Did his goatee bring that checkbook back from the ’90s?
— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2021 -
One serving is about the size of a checkbook for thin filets, or about the size of your palm for thicker cuts.
— Bianca Arney, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2018 -
Then grab your binoculars and checkbook and hit the road.
— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2020 -
But that’s not the case this year, as studios and streamers packed their checkbooks.
— Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Police found on the ground in the driveway, where the car had been parked, the woman’s wallet, scarf and checkbook.
— cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022 -
Cash, a purse, a wallet, a checkbook, and credit cards were stolen.
— Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020 -
How to get a crowd of the city's most polished breaking out checkbooks and busting a move?
— Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 15 May 2017 -
The victim said her checkbook, cash and cellphone were missing from the purse.
— Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018 -
All of this will take foreign investors, and not enough of them have reached for their checkbooks yet.
— David Segal, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2017 -
How many patients take the time, as Politzer has, to protest errors that don’t hit their own checkbook?
— Sarah Gantz, Philly.com, 7 Mar. 2018 -
Kitchen cabinets hung open, clothes were strewn across the floors and her flat-screen TV and checkbook were gone.
— Megan Cassidy, azcentral, 6 Nov. 2015 -
The car contained the owner's iPhone, credit cards and checkbook.
— Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2018 -
Sidoti also made sure that the District was one of the first in the State of Ohio to post all records on the State's online checkbook website.
— Charlene Paparizos, cleveland.com, 19 Apr. 2018 -
Now, he's placed it on the market for $3.8 million, but won't sell to just anyone with a checkbook.
— Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 17 May 2019 -
Harbaugh knows that to win with the Chargers, his owners will have to keep their checkbooks open.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024 -
There’s a perception that the club is dragging its checkbook on this one.
— Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2020 -
The checkbooks of two Steelers are lighter due to penalties in Pittsburgh’s 19-13 win over the Chiefs on Sunday.
— Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 20 Oct. 2017 -
When Fritscher got to the end, Opel, satisfied, zipped up and took out his checkbook.
— Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023 -
Two endless wars and the open checkbook to fight them started the massive debts that have followed.
— Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2024 -
Decades later, my checkbook spends most of its time in my desk drawer.
— Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2023 -
The landscape of companies looking to make a splash with their checkbooks changes from year to year.
— cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020 -
People get dressed up, spend lots of money on tickets and have a great time as they are wined and dined in exchange for opening their checkbooks.
— Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024 -
One of the primary responsibilities of the Board of Supervisors is to control the county’s checkbook.
— Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
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