Thesaurus results for PREMIUMS

premiums

noun

plural of premium

as in awards

something given in recognition of achievement encouraging Girl Scouts to sell more cookies by offering premiums

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Recent Examples of premiums Two-thirds of companies with at least 500 employees plan to raise workers’ share of premiums. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 Those broader credits were extended but later expired at the end of 2025, raising premiums for many covered by ACA exchanges. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 Affordability, especially property-insurance premiums, housing costs and condominium expenses. — Rob Long, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2026 The Kaiser Foundation saying that Connecticut’s health insurance premiums are 40% more than the national average is a fact. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 After years in which new houses commanded price premiums — between 2010 and 2019, new homes cost an average of $66,000 more than existing ones — the gap has been dwindling. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 If an employer's expenses exceed their premium contributions, then premiums will go up the next year. — Bo Evans, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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Other notable awards included recognition of emerging Taiwanese carrier STARLUX’s ascendancy to Skytrax’s five-star rating category.

— Barry Neild, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Previously, Pawlikowski’s Ida garnered 70 international awards, including five European Film Awards and Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.

— Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

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Events include an 18-hole scramble, beginner’s lessons, trophies, prizes and more.

— John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
The prizes will vary from city to city, but each gallery will be giving away $10,000 worth of numismatic collectibles, ranging from roughly $300 to a grand prize valued at around $3,500.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

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Patrick Mahomes did it on the way to winning MVP honors in 2018 and Peyton Manning did it in his 2013 MVP season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
At the University of Turin, Pavese wrote his thesis on Walt Whitman, which was initially rejected because of the evident influence of Croce and then passed, with honors, after Leone Ginzburg savvily intervened and found Pavese a new examiner.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

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