adding machine

Example Sentences

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He made ends meet by repairing typewriters and adding machines.

From Washington Post

“What actually happened was it changed the job, so accountants didn’t spend their time punching numbers into the adding machine all day, but instead started doing all these visualizations and scenario planning.”

From Los Angeles Times

Here’s one of my favorite, particularly depressing, passages from the skeletal tour guide about a simple device: It’s an adding machine.

From The Verge

Joan has kept the fan lottery going, counting up the money received on an adding machine she has used since the 1970s.

From New York Times

Old adding machines that worked with a handle.

From The Guardian