payroll

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Recent Examples of payroll The monthly payroll numbers have been especially volatile through the first part of this year – in part due to weather, labor strikes and methodological changes. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 8 May 2026 With new contract extensions going into effect for Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun and possibly Peyton Watson this summer, the Nuggets’ payroll is about to spike. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 8 May 2026 The only element likely still in play is the potential ability for the Heat to claw back some or all of Terry’s 2025-26 salary, a factor that would not have an impact on the payroll, salary cap or luxury tax going forward. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026 The week's other big releases — ADP's private payroll survey and the government's official nonfarm payroll report — are for April. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for payroll
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Noun
  • Wolfe said the retailer expects to modify its distribution footprint over time to have most of its inventory and processing pass through its most efficient distribution centers.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The first phase of 39 homesites sold out within months, and there has been no inventory since.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In stock markets abroad, indexes were mixed across Europe and Asia.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Macdonald cited the index's energy and mining stocks, financial services and pharma stocks.
    Michael Considine, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Instead, the slight thaw suggests a more modest agenda that the countries should now pursue, one that acknowledges that tensions between them over fundamental issues — trade, technology, global status — are more likely to intensify than abate.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • For much of DeSantis’ tenure, the Legislature delivered on his agenda with little resistance.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The three justices who dissented from both the December emergency docket ruling and Monday’s summary reversal were justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The court docket does not list a lawyer for Stokes.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • King, who overcame a bout with cancer and the loss of his wife, Mary, eight years ago, is still listed as a senior judge in the online directory of federal judges in South Florida.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
  • But a publicly accessible database used to populate the directory contains some of the providers' Social Security numbers, linked to their names and other identifying information.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • This forum doesn’t provide space for a citation and bibliography page with links to videos that prove my point.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • Black Studies on 135th Street features a bibliography of this rediscovered library.
    Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Jackson’s hits compilation Number Ones is at Number 13, the Michael soundtrack is at Number 37, and The Essential Michael Jackson is at Number 158.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2026
  • Aphex Twin’s 2003 26 Mixes for Cash compilation nodded wryly in its title to the throwaway nature of the worst of the form.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Cignetti has benefited from Indiana devoting more resources and spending on football than ever before, both from an infrastructure and roster perspective, and by using the transfer portal, where the Hoosiers were able to add several standouts.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • In the first two years under Canales, the Panthers have only had two QBs on the active roster and have kept an additional one on the practice squad — the team opting to use the additional game day slot for an extra lineman, or defender, or someone who can contribute on special teams.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026

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“Payroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payroll. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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