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Recent Examples of living wage
Roughly 100 million people, especially women in the Global South, stitch garments, and only a tiny fraction of them are paid a living wage.
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The Editors, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
Scotland’s national living wage (the minimum hourly rate for those 23 and older) rose from $12.08 in 2021 to $14.13 in 2023.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Bar advocates, who represent about 80% of indigent clients charged with crimes in the Bay State, have been on strike since May and have continued their work stoppage as their demands for a living wage remain unsatisfied.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
In Massachusetts, an hourly living wage for two adults with two children is $37.71, according to MIT’s calculator.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 21 June 2025
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The Editors, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
Scotland’s national living wage (the minimum hourly rate for those 23 and older) rose from $12.08 in 2021 to $14.13 in 2023.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Bar advocates, who represent about 80% of indigent clients charged with crimes in the Bay State, have been on strike since May and have continued their work stoppage as their demands for a living wage remain unsatisfied.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
In Massachusetts, an hourly living wage for two adults with two children is $37.71, according to MIT’s calculator.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
Noun
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These include women’s right to vote, Medicare, the minimum wage, workplace safety laws, universal health insurance, and civil rights for all races and genders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Certain sectors would likely be hit harder than others by a higher minimum wage.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2021
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The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.—
Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
9 Aug. 2021
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“Living wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wage. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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