as in wage
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
signed a contract for a new job with a salary of $60,000 per year
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Recent Examples of salary
Some have moved to donate their salaries, but the idea of troops or Capitol Police officers going without pay has become a flashpoint.
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Pelinka’s salary cap expert, Marshall Rader, and Kurt Rambis occasionally hopped on.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Less than a third of working Americans believe their salaries will rise in the next year, the lowest since the pandemic while three-quarters see prices rising.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the summer, students with the Indiana Daily Student reached out to Cuban, who has supported the publication over the years, to ask for support to help pay staff salaries.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Pelinka’s salary cap expert, Marshall Rader, and Kurt Rambis occasionally hopped on.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Less than a third of working Americans believe their salaries will rise in the next year, the lowest since the pandemic while three-quarters see prices rising.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the summer, students with the Indiana Daily Student reached out to Cuban, who has supported the publication over the years, to ask for support to help pay staff salaries.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salary
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Back then, inflation also ramped up past 5%, fell back toward 3%, but then ultimately soared above 10% between 1972 and 1974, hurt by the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo and the end of President Nixon's wage and price controls .—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Offering an average hourly wage of more than $19, the company is planning to hire more than 9,000 Tennesseans, including 4,000 in Nashville.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
14 Oct. 2025
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That included farmers and ranchers, who experienced 171 fatalities in 2023 but brought in a median pay of $87,980.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Other employees, including military personnel and air traffic controllers, must work without pay until a budget deal is reached.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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In an interview with Fortune, cofounder and CEO Renaud Laplanche explained that Upgrade managed to thrive during a broader reckoning for neobanks because of product diversification and a focus on loans, which can offer a far greater margin than transaction payments.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salary. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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