Verb He was cashiered from the army. was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

While cashiering at a San Antonio International Airport gift shop, Doria learned about the Peace Corps from a gray-bearded man. Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio Peace Corps volunteer recalls experience in Dominican Republic," 18 May 2020

Kovalchuk, cashiered by the Kings in mid-December, has been just what the doctor ordered for the Habs. BostonGlobe.com, "Discarded by the Kings, Ilya Kovalchuk is paying early dividends for playoff hopeful Montreal," 12 Feb. 2020

Brexit has cashiered a long list of centrist politicians on the right and left who used EU membership as an excuse for their own mediocre economic performance. The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Britain’s Independence Day," 29 Jan. 2020

Citizens and their representative governments ceding sovereignty to unaccountable supranational bodies is the geopolitical equivalent of corporations cashiering the shareholder model in favor of stakeholder capitalism. Richard J. Shinder, WSJ, "The Davos Crowd Embraces Big Global Government," 26 Jan. 2020

Teams go to these lengths because the stakes are high—pro football is a zero-sum competition, where every team’s victory is another team’s defeat—and the executives of losing teams are regularly cashiered. Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work, "How the NFL separates good from great when evaluating talent," 24 Oct. 2019

On Friday, Trump cashiered Alex Acosta, his Labor Secretary, and will now begin the search for a third choice to sit in the job in less than three years. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, "“I’m Winning”: Donald Trump’s Calculated Racism," 18 July 2019

The Maduro government has arrested dozens of officers this year and cashiered others in a military purge. John Otis And, WSJ, "‘Pressure Cooker’: Discontent Rises in Venezuela Military as Economy Dives," 18 May 2018

The encounter happened at Cruz's cashiering job at a Coral Springs Dollar Tree store. Nicholas Nehamas And David Ovalle, miamiherald, "‘I can go shoot them.’ Another threat from Parkland school shooter went ignored.," 11 July 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Sitting in the Chick-fil-A drive-thru, Joshua Duroy waited for a cashier to take his order. Dallas News, "Protests, pandemic, politics are shaping the social media identities of North Texas teens," 7 Sep. 2020

Watching the cashier behind her protective plastic partition, ringing up my loaf of bread and a couple of bottles of seltzer, I was hit with this surge of gratitude. Jim Axelrod, CBS News, "The smile behind the mask," 6 Sep. 2020

At the typical cafe, you’re confronted by a table jammed in the doorway where a cashier waits behind a Plexiglas shield like a bank teller. Anne Kadet, WSJ, "New York City Coffee Shops Keep Brewing Minus a Few Perks," 1 Sep. 2020

The supermarket chains are looking to fill cashier and courtesy-clerk openings as well as those in deli, meat, bakery, produce and other departments. Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, "These companies are hiring around metro Phoenix right now," 25 Aug. 2020

The young cashier scans my items: a $22 wedge of cheese, salad greens, two bottles of biodynamic wine. Katie M. Flynn, SFChronicle.com, "Katie M. Flynn explores isolation and loneliness during a pandemic in fictional ‘Proximate People’," 23 Aug. 2020

Guenther said there are equipment requirements that ensure the cashier checks the age of the patron before selling. James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, "Mundelein approves beer, wine sales for gas stations in town," 17 Aug. 2020

At the grocery store, the cashier gave Otiso a sympathetic look while the white customer tucked the cash into her purse. Pam Louwagie, Star Tribune, "Young Black woman says she won't move back after three years of 'Minnesota Nice' racism," 15 Aug. 2020

The incident was found to have occurred on July 24 and may have involved several people who worked together to distract the cashier by bringing her out from behind the counter. cleveland, "Residents catch thief in action; one follows him with gun: Mayfield Heights Police Blotter," 6 Aug. 2020

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