Examples of hourly in a Sentence

Adverb that couple argues hourly, about everything

Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb Low-income and hourly-waged women—and, frankly, anyone who doesn’t work at a progressive tech company—are potentially one miscarriage or complicated pregnancy away from losing their job. — Nicole Lapin, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 Zapolin explained that ketamine clinics are currently limited to low-dose lozenges that have to take them hourly. — Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 Employees working hourly will get paid time-and-a-half. — Keira Wingate, USA TODAY, 18 June 2021 The burrito chain plans to reach that compensation level by the end of June and will set hourly starting wages at $11 to $18 an hour, according to a statement Monday. — Fortune, 10 May 2021 Their proposal would raise the federal minimum gradually to $15 hourly by 2025, well above the $7.25 floor in place since 2009. — Alan Fram, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021 In every corner of the world, new beauty products crawl off production lines and out of Crock-Pots hourly, clamoring for human eyes and wallets and cheekbones. — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 23 Feb. 2021 The House bill would also hoist the federal minimum wage to $15 hourly by 2025, more than doubling the current $7.25 floor that’s been in effect since 2019. — Alan Fram, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021 The measure would gradually lift that minimum to $15 hourly by 2025, doubling the current $7.25 floor in effect since 2009. — Alan Fram, Chron, 27 Feb. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Despite robust wage growth -- over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have gone up by 5.5% -- consumers are seeing those gains eroded by the highest inflation in 40 years. — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 May 2022 After surging over the winter, growth in hourly earnings is slowing down, to 0.3% in April compared to 0.5% in the previous month, according to the latest US jobs report released Friday. — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 6 May 2022 Existing workers in these teams who currently earn less than $20 an hour will see their hourly rate automatically increase to the new rate. — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 19 Apr. 2022 That’s compared to a paltry 4.7% increase in average hourly earnings for Americans last year. — Will Daniel, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2022 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, real average hourly earnings declined 2.6 percent from February 2021 to February 2022. — Rich Lowry, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022 The Labor Department’s jobs report for February showed payroll employment rising by six hundred and seventy-eight thousand and the unemployment rate dipping to 3.8 per cent, but, despite this strength, average hourly earnings barely moved. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 The unemployment rate edged down to 3.8%, and average hourly earnings were little changed from the prior month. — Time, 4 Mar. 2022 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported average hourly earnings for food and drink service employees were up 61 cents nationwide between April and July of this year. — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021 See More

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