cash register

Example Sentences

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As a man in his 60s, I’ve been to my share of bereavement services—but only one took place in front of a cash register.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

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

Through his cousin Sony, who resides in a nearby halfway house and obsesses about the Civil War, Hai is hired by Home Market, where he scrubs counters and toilets and works the cash register.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

My dad’s behind the cash register, staring off at nothing.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon