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teller

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


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She and Mark met at a local bank where she worked for years as a teller.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She was thinking about a bank teller who had been flirting with her spouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

You could presumably use the fortune teller thing from “The Twilight Zone,” where you put a nickel in and a little slip of paper comes out.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

You may need a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and a fortune teller to predict the returns over the lifetime of your grandchildren to ensure that they each end up with an equal amount.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

Pride in her would linger on in the teller of the story as well as the listener.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Yet after the announcement, a dozen tellers continued to serve the Farsi-speaking customers who trickled in to do business in the bright space decorated with Persian-themed mural work and tiling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Fashion designer Donatella Versace said: "The world has lost one of the kindest and most generous of souls, the greatest of story tellers and a true legend of music."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

But if all actors aspire to be truth tellers, Panettiere actually was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Then scammers typically pile on pressure, adding voices claiming to be attorneys, courtroom clerks or bank tellers -- a cast of fictitious characters in a chaotic, urgent-sounding call.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Brandon started toward the row of tellers, but Ms. McMillan directed him to a cluster of desks.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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