How to Use contactless in a Sentence

contactless

adjective
  • Only full adult fares can be purchased with the contactless credit cards.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
  • No contactless apps meant talking to someone behind the counter to order your food.
    — Michelle Sobel, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • The new equipment will have cash or contactless payment, like Apple Pay, options.
    — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Orders can be placed with G&A’s smartphone app or via the touchscreen panels, and paid by contactless payment.
    — New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Kurt's key takeaways As contactless payments become more common, scammers are getting more creative.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Recently, the transit agency introduced a new feature allowing for contactless payment to pay for fares for up to five riders at a time.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Just remember to give yourself plenty of time in case of unexpected travel delays and to have a contactless payment method handy for Metro fees.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • But now, these convenient and contactless methods have become an easy target for cybercriminals.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • With the rise of technology, however, more businesses around the country are refusing cash payments in favor of contactless methods.
    — Evan Moore august 19, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Millions of people were given a reason to use contactless payments seamlessly and necessarily.
    — Mustafa Khanwala, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Looking ahead, the team aims to link multiple levitation units with a propulsion mechanism to create mobile robots for contactless delivery.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In the same year, however, the government also introduced a contactless payment technology to move India from cash to online.
    — Cameron Ponsonby, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • At Walt Disney World in Orlando free buses from the airport to its on-site hotels ground to a halt along with contactless room keys which came in the form of collectable wristbands.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Utilizing the contactless symbol on the reader significantly reduces the risk of card skimming, as your card never has to enter the physical slot where hidden devices are often installed.
    — Lori Smith, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
  • The bar for changing consumer behavior in payments is incredibly high, and Visa, MasterCard and contactless wallets still meet or exceed that bar.
    — Mustafa Khanwala, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Transit riders in London and New York were already enjoying contactless payments at a time when the Bay Area still accepted paper tickets.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Soft Space Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Soft Space offers contactless mobile payments and e-wallet services for businesses.
    — Forbes Asia Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For example, all new smartphones are capable of near field communication, which is primarily used for contactless electronic payment systems, such as Apple Pay.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018
  • Modern devices and other items that utilize this technology range from simple, everyday objects like passports and contactless credit cards, to larger-scale situations in healthcare, inventory tracking and more.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The Milwaukee Public Library has 14 branch locations, one of which is a drive up location where contactless materials pickup and returns are available.
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This malware monitors contactless payment actions on the victim's phone and forwards all transaction data, including the PIN, directly to a server controlled by attackers.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • As humanoid robots have yet to go mainstream, Orbbec’s current main revenue stream remains its 3D vision cameras for facial recognition systems used in contactless payment and medical insurance verification.
    — Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For years, credit card issuers and other businesses that have backed off using magnetic strips in favor of more secure EMV chips and contactless RFID technology, commonly known as tap to pay.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This new system introduced high-tech features such as license plate recognition for paperless and contactless entry, real-time availability updates and expanded mobile payment options via Google Pay and Apple Pay.
    — Chase Jordan february 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Beginning January 1, the Metropolitan Transit Authority will no longer sell MetroCards, and riders will be required to use OMNY, a contactless payment system.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025

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