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cashier

[ka-sheer] / kæˈʃɪər /




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The cashier at the local Chopt admitted to me that foot traffic had slowed significantly this week, even before the smoggy conditions set in.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

He earns $33 an hour as a Costco cashier.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

He pours the Ditka wine into a plastic cup and unwraps his hoagie, layered with ham and, as the cashier so memorably described it, “limited-time yellow squirt.”

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Juan, who was a field worker and cook at a Chinese restaurant at the time, wooed and married Michelle, who was then a Lowe’s cashier, there after meeting in 2008.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

“Así es, mi niña. That cashier at Dan’s Supermarket, who always bothered me, I finally said, ‘Leave me alone or I’ll call the police!’

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

In essence, that could mean AI is less like a self-checkout machine, which automates away the need for cashiers, and more like a laser level that helps a surveyor make accurate measurements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The fastest traditional cashiers check out around 70 shoppers per hour.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Shoppers and cashiers alike are left navigating this maze, unsure whether their next purchase will pass or fail.

From Salon Jan. 3, 2026

Every one of the cashiers had a banking degree, and some of the kitchen workers had engineering Ph.D.s.

From Slate Nov. 13, 2025

I started walking and he followed along behind me as I went out of the produce department and down the cereal aisle and past all the cashiers and out the door.

From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

Some of the military commanders and industry executives cashiered in the past 2½ years, including Zhang, had been working in areas that benefited significantly from the influx of state funding, particularly weapons development.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

That’s what Britain did in World War I when it cashiered H.H.

From Seattle Times Apr. 10, 2024

Not to give away the ending to Titanic here, but none of these incumbents cashiered their vice presidents.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2023

Their last matches came in the Premier League, both having been cashiered from the FA Cup in the third round and therefore sitting it out last weekend.

From The Guardian Feb. 9, 2022

The cashiered officer felt his temples hammering with the surge of indignant blood to his forehead.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

The cashiering of Caldwell is notable because of his relationship with Hegseth.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

From students to adults, volunteers staff customer service, cashiering, security and even help to build display booths.

From Seattle Times Nov. 11, 2021

What the firing of as many as 85,000 Baathists actually meant, then, was the cashiering of countless more people and the instant impoverishment of entire clans and tribes.

From New York Times Aug. 10, 2016

But donors will hold off cashiering Bush, even if he finishes in the middle of the New Hampshire pack.

From Slate Feb. 7, 2016

And I worked at other jobs, small jobs—clerking, typing, cashiering.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo




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