as in salary
often wages plural
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably
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Recent Examples of wage
This means the watchdog group will have to streamline some of its advocacy work, which has included calling attention to wage theft, urging greater accountability from brands for workplace accidents and demanding the release of activists jailed for organizing for better conditions.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 2 Feb. 2026
Around 44% of employers plan to roll out uniform, across-the-board wage bumps in 2026, according to a new Payscale report.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2026
In provinces with cheaper living costs, the monthly wage drops to just over $400.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Investors can get a pretty good report card on the consumer by looking at the job additions, unemployment rate, and average annual wage gains in the report.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2026
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 2 Feb. 2026
Around 44% of employers plan to roll out uniform, across-the-board wage bumps in 2026, according to a new Payscale report.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2026
In provinces with cheaper living costs, the monthly wage drops to just over $400.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Investors can get a pretty good report card on the consumer by looking at the job additions, unemployment rate, and average annual wage gains in the report.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for wage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wage
salary
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Should the Clippers be found to have circumvented salary cap rules though Leonard’s no-show contract with Aspiration, the organization faces the potential loss of draft picks, fines and/or Leonard’s contract being voided.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
19 Feb. 2026
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His time as a Red Sox ended with a blockbuster trade to the Giants that, in time, is looking more like a salary dump on Boston’s end.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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