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Recent Examples of payroll If there’s a cap and a floor in the next labor agreement, the Marlins’ payroll assuredly will be higher. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026 Property owners and taxpayers should not have to pick up the tab for bloated payroll or inefficient systems. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026 The task is complicated mostly because small-market teams will want to keep payroll as low as possible. Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026 Hiring was strongest in the health care sector, which added 82,000 jobs last month, representing 60% of new jobs in January, followed by social assistance, with 42,000 payroll gains. Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for payroll
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Noun
  • The best platforms offer detailed product specifications, high-resolution images of their inventory and comprehensive buyer protection policies.
    Kelly Ernst, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The deli is offering sales of up to 50% off of its inventory in an everything-must-go sale, though sandwiches are not included.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • All major indexes ended the week in the red.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • As for the Dow, the blue-chip index traded in the 900s when Silverblatt began his career, and crossed 50,000 points one week after his retirement.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Ten states — all led by Democrats — now have statewide policies prohibiting law enforcement officers from cooperating in one of the primary programs Trump is using to carry out his agenda of mass deportations.
    David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But critics say rising Islamists are pushing hard for its implementation while the referendum has some agenda that could even change the character of Bangladesh's largely secular constitution.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The public, civil rights organizations and members of the media cannot watch court hearings virtually, or access video after the fact, and cannot request any transcripts or audio of the day’s docket.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
  • This year, the 3-point contest is first on the All-Star Saturday night docket.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • All that and much more can be found in the directory of freezing-temp essentials below, which ought to serve you well until spring.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The directory listed 61 properties as of Friday.
    Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The funniest part of BookTok fame has been seeing fans discover how extensive her bibliography is.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Hilton Als, a staff writer who has written about Baldwin many times, joined us to share a few essential entries from Baldwin’s bibliography.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The singer-songwriter, 45, could be seen in a compilation of videos posted to X, handing out roses at a Valentine's Day performance in Shreveport, Louisiana.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Furniture Sets Designers will tell you time and time again to go ahead and skip the matching furniture sets that were popular in the past in favor of a more eclectic compilation of furniture.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In preseason this was the overriding message to a roster that returns more than 20 players from last year, notably more than recent groups.
    Josh Gross, Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Smith has considerably more big league experience and a longer track record of offensive success compared to any other would-be second baseman on the roster.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026

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“Payroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payroll. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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