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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wages
Noun
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The San Diego City Council passed an ordinance this week raising minimum wages for most tourism workers to $25 an hour over the next four years.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Starting to deregulate labor markets, limiting growth in minimum wages, and reducing impediments on labor flexibility.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Studies in North Carolina, Virginia, and New York have found that nonprofit hospitals commonly garnish wages from indebted patients, with some studies finding those patients tend to work in low-wage occupations.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse and Brendan Boyle have introduced the Fair Share Act, which would require Americans earning over $400,000 to pay Social Security taxes on all income above that threshold, including wages, self-employment, and investments.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Living wages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wages. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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