stipends

plural of stipend

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stipends Union officials asked for 20% raises across three years, telework benefits — which would include $25 commuting stipends for those required to work in-person — and health benefits to ensure accessibility to affordable medical services. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Where possible, governments should provide stipends, child care, translation, disability access, and digital and in-person routes. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Project Homecoming, a $915 million initiative, offers free flights and stipends of up to $2,600 to immigrants who leave through the CBP Home app. — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 Inside the company, leaders launched an emergency response plan for workers whose lives had been upended, including immediate financial stipends, emergency housing assistance and around-the-clock support resources. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 Wages or stipends even the playing field with the adults, who are also being paid to work for the good of the city. — Krista Mehari, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 Employer home-office stipends expanding to explicitly cover monitor arms, laptop stands and standing desks. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 In Indiana, six communities, including Indianapolis, offer up to $19,849 in incentives that vary from cash to golf passes, wellness stipends, and entertainment bonuses. — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026 But their total compensation is significantly greater when including stipends and vehicle and cell phone benefits. — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipends
Noun
  • Prison workers ask for raises Nicole Solovskoy, a registered nurse at California Health Care Facility, said many essential workers would like to see a special salary adjustment to bolster salaries.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Experts say the Houthis have struggled to pay salaries to civil servants, including public sector doctors and diverted most tax revenues to their military wing.
    — Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Writers Guild of America later joined the fray, with a lawsuit that argued the merger would suppress wages and worsen working conditions for writers by creating a single mega-buyer of film and television programming.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Most men have seen their real wages fall over the past four decades, and a growing share of young men are dropping out of the workforce.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Merchant Risk Council’s 2026 fraud report found that 63% of merchants are exploring or implementing agentic AI payments, payments an AI agent initiates on a customer’s behalf, even as 62% report rising first-party misuse.
    — Wayne Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Officials where the facility is being built have delayed permits necessary to power the project, and Oracle may seek to delay lease payments.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Stipends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipends. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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