as in wage
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
signed a contract for a new job with a salary of $60,000 per year
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Recent Examples of salary
Some have moved to donate their salaries, but the idea of troops or Capitol Police officers going without pay has become a flashpoint.
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Pelinka’s salary cap expert, Marshall Rader, and Kurt Rambis occasionally hopped on.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Less than a third of working Americans believe their salaries will rise in the next year, the lowest since the pandemic while three-quarters see prices rising.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the summer, students with the Indiana Daily Student reached out to Cuban, who has supported the publication over the years, to ask for support to help pay staff salaries.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Pelinka’s salary cap expert, Marshall Rader, and Kurt Rambis occasionally hopped on.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Less than a third of working Americans believe their salaries will rise in the next year, the lowest since the pandemic while three-quarters see prices rising.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the summer, students with the Indiana Daily Student reached out to Cuban, who has supported the publication over the years, to ask for support to help pay staff salaries.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salary
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Many immigrants without legal status were earning wages that put them below the federal government’s poverty line, MPI found, although around 31 percent reported being able to own a home.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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This project will create those 225 positions through 2030, with a minimum average wage of $108,400.—
Brian Gordon,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Investor Cathie Wood, a long-time Tesla bull known for first investing in the company a decade ago at $13 per share, condemned the growing resistance to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s potential $1 trillion pay package.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ebenezer alleges that after voicing his concerns, his role was diminished, resulting in a significant pay cut.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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In an interview with Fortune, cofounder and CEO Renaud Laplanche explained that Upgrade managed to thrive during a broader reckoning for neobanks because of product diversification and a focus on loans, which can offer a far greater margin than transaction payments.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salary. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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