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teller

[tel-er] / ˈtɛl ər /
NOUN
bank clerk
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bank employee cashier


Example Sentences

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Officials in Los Angeles County warned that elderly Asians withdrawing cash from automated teller machines to participate in a Lunar New Year tradition could be vulnerable to robberies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

She met Gerard Davitt, a ball-bearings salesman, when she was working as a bank teller in Hartford, Conn., and he came in to cash his paycheck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Adams drew on his experience as a bank teller and manager at a phone company Pacific Bell for inspiration, skewering corporate jargon and middle management.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

You’re a generous parent, not a Federal Reserve committee member or a Nobel Prize-winning economist — and certainly not a fortune teller.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 7, 2025

This was Sasha, our round-faced little truth teller.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama