cash register

Example Sentences

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The car business is the cash register that funds the empire.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

The finish line isn’t moral resolution, but the banality of the cash register: a product governed where it matters most, at the point of sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

At the cash register, the cashier watched a website that tracked Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions around the region.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

They will deliver packages for Amazon or man a supermarket cash register to pay their bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

The man behind the cash register glanced up from his book and eyed me as I entered.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon