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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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The only alternative, Rodrik says, is embracing the services economy and raising productivity and wages in it.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Unlike New York, housing costs are about 27% lower than the national average, according to data from RentCafe, though wages trail behind the national average.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Living wages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wages. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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