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payroll

noun

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as in inventory

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Recent Examples of payroll The space would employ 250 full-time and part-time employees and have a payroll of $9-10 million a year, according to a presentation City Council members saw. — Nathan Pilling july 13, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 After the 2023 acquisition, the company offered jobs to the plant’s 222 employees, and nearly all agreed to remain on the payroll and undergo training and perform plant maintenance while waiting for production to resume. — Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 During a visit to Ituri last week, Congo's health minister said the government is verifying a list of those working to control the outbreak, as some unrelated names have been added to the payroll. — ABC News, 13 July 2026 During a visit to Ituri last week, the Congolese health minister, Roger Kamba, said the government is verifying a list of those working to control the outbreak as some unrelated names have been added to the payroll. — Prosper Heri Ngorora, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for payroll

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The company's shares have struggled because biotechnology customers spent much of the past two years working through excess inventory accumulated during the pandemic.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Those duties include protecting estate assets, notifying creditors, maintaining financial records and filing an inventory of the estate with the court.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

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Created under the bipartisan Help America Vote Act to ensure fair, modern elections, the four-member commission now faces vacancies as the administration doubles down on its fraud-prevention agenda and appeals a court defeat.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
About 42% of Colombia’s territory is covered by Amazon rainforest, and the Petro administration made rainforest protection and a transition away from fossil fuels central pillars of its environmental agenda.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

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The federal court docket appears to show the warrant was initially sealed when it was filed Tuesday, shielding its contents from public view, but it was later unsealed.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Justices asked about ethics code, shadow docket Other Democratic members of the committee asked questions about the court’s ethics code and the rise in the number of decisions being made on an expedited basis.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 14 July 2026

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Money Metals Exchange also maintains a state-by-state resource directory covering all 50 states, with information about sales tax laws, capital gains treatment, legal tender status and local coin dealers.

— Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Early American coffeehouses would commonly have city business directories, libraries of newspapers and currency exchange information.

— James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026

Definition of directory

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This edition also includes a signature compilation of wealth, focusing this time on Thailand’s 50 Richest.

— Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
In 2008, celebrities like Eddie Vedder and David Cross selected their favorite Sonic Youth songs for Hits are For Squares, a best-of compilation distributed by Starbucks.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 10 July 2026

Definition of compilation

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Mastros becomes the seventh position player to transfer to Georgia this offseason, as the Bulldogs continue to build up their 2027 roster and attempt to replicate the success from this past season.

— Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Yankees star Ben Rice started at first in Kurtz’s place, with Tristan Peters of the Chicago White Sox filling the roster spot vacated by Kurtz.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

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