stipends

plural of stipend

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stipends The union’s top priorities include a 20% raise across three years, telework — 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, 30 July 2026 Backup child care, more predictable scheduling, child care stipends, and partnerships with local providers helped employees stay at work while reducing costly turnover. Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 29 July 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 In 2022, minor-league players unionized and subsequently ratified their first-ever collective bargaining agreement, which included historic pay increases and guaranteed offseason housing stipends and health and retirement benefits. Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The tribe will offer $15,000 stipends for down payment assistance for members slightly above the income threshold, Dunbar said. Courtney Bell, Oklahoma Voice, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipends
Noun
  • Johnson formed the league by providing star athletes with salaries and appearance fees to compete on a four-event circuit in 2025.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Pointing to leetcode interviews, sustained high salaries and shelves of dense technical books as evidence the craft demanded scarce skill long before AI arrived.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Part of that is people feeling left behind—wages can’t compound as quickly as stocks, so everyone needs to participate in the market to believe in capitalism.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The union also says the management company interrogated and surveilled workers during a strike in June, when employees walked out to fight for higher wages and better benefits.
    Aki Nace, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • FreshBooks and Grasshopper also announced a partnership to streamline small business cash flow, integrating invoicing, payments, and banking.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Without adequate enrollment and the tuition payments that accompany the students, many more colleges will close.
    Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

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

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