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Recent Examples of emolument Trump’s ties to one crypto magnate in particular may raise similar emoluments concerns, according to Accountable. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025 Raskin plans to cite Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution, which says that no one in the federal government can take an emolument in office without the consent of Congress. Nik Popli, Time, 13 May 2025 An emolument is any form of payment, gift, salary, or benefit received as compensation for services or as a result of holding an office or position. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2025 Generally, accessed May 12, 2025 ABC News, Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources, May 11, 2025 X post by Rep. Robert Garcia, May 11, 2025 PolitiFact, Fox News guest says if Trump's hotel revenues are ‘emoluments,’ so was Obama's Nobel. Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for emolument
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Noun
  • This provision prohibits salary-cap circumvention, meaning arrangements by teams to compensate players outside of their employment contracts.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Workers injured on the job can receive regular payments based on their salary, plus coverage of medical bills to treat their injuries.
    TOM KERTSCHER, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not only in terms of performance and Bundesliga survival, but also in the worth (and desirability) of some of these individual players, whose success could help Bremen — a traditional club, but with a modest wage spend — move up the food chain.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The contract with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 350 runs through April 20, 2028 and calls for a 3% increase in wages for the first year and additional increases of 2% to 3% in following years, depending on the increases to employee health/dental premiums.
    Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Emolument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emolument. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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