checking account

Example Sentences

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My mother passed away and I am the beneficiary on her checking account.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Of the Fed’s major liabilities, two mostly are beyond its control: the deposits that the Treasury Department keeps in its checking account at the Fed, and physical cash.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The bank closes a checking account and pays the beneficiary per the terms; if there’s one beneficiary, they are paid 100%.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

It could go into a checking account instead—there’s cash in those, too—but no net money “went into” the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

I learned a lot—like when you have a checking account, your money is separate from all the other money in the bank.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman