stipends

plural of stipend

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stipends The state rejected items that could affect the budget, such as the union’s ask for a 20% raise spread across three years and stipends for those required to work in person. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 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
  • The contracts negotiated with the UC do not mention different salaries for visa holders versus citizens.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • These benchmarks reflect projected starting base salaries for new hires, not raises for existing employees.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The union’s foremost demand has been a contract that guarantees wages commensurate with the skyrocketing cost of living for a single adult New Yorker.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The next phase will hinge on whether collective bargaining and changes to the commercial relationships between brands and suppliers can move wages where voluntary factory-level programs have struggled to do so.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2026
  • While some victims are getting their first payments this fall, two law firms behind the bulk of the claims in the settlement have had their payouts paused pending probes, leaving thousands in limbo.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Stipends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipends. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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