six-figure
adjective
: in the hundreds of thousands : totaling 100,000 or more but less than one million
a six-figure income
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Those five-, sometimes six-figure costs typically aren’t financed over decades.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Pandemic relief fraud The OIG reported closing two cases in fiscal year 2025 involving former CPS principals who defrauded pandemic relief programs, including one who received more than $41,000 in loans on top of her six-figure salary.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
And that's especially true for larger, six-figure loans.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
He had long been suspended from his six-figure job without pay.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Pandemic relief fraud The OIG reported closing two cases in fiscal year 2025 involving former CPS principals who defrauded pandemic relief programs, including one who received more than $41,000 in loans on top of her six-figure salary.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
And that's especially true for larger, six-figure loans.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
He had long been suspended from his six-figure job without pay.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for six-figure
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“Six-figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-figure. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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