cash register

Example Sentences

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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

Now they’re changing the currency on the cash register.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

Ding goes the bell, and ding-ding goes the cash register in Jim’s head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Ed Intagliata leaned his body against the cash register as he greeted customers with a heartfelt goodbye hug.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

My brain is humming like a cash register, totaling it up, making change.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick