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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Increase take-home pay via deductions for overtime, tips and certain worker expenses.
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David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
That deal, though, is reportedly prorated over the next four games, with Rivers’ real take-home pay at $278,889.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The union is asking the company for better hours to improve staffing, higher take-home pay so baristas can pay their bills and the resolution of outstanding legal issues as a result of union busting.
—Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Dec. 2025
There, a household making the median income would have to spend 95% of its take-home pay to afford a median home, which falls around $1 million.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 28 Nov. 2025
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David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
That deal, though, is reportedly prorated over the next four games, with Rivers’ real take-home pay at $278,889.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The union is asking the company for better hours to improve staffing, higher take-home pay so baristas can pay their bills and the resolution of outstanding legal issues as a result of union busting.
—Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Dec. 2025
There, a household making the median income would have to spend 95% of its take-home pay to afford a median home, which falls around $1 million.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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Over the last year, labor tensions over minimum wages and working conditions have intensified over the past year, even as global consumption patterns disrupted orders.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Feb. 2026
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They are paid well below minimum wage for the work.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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In a Star-Telegram questionnaire returned ahead of the runoff, Rehmet said his policy priorities include fully funding public schools, helping Texans earn a living wage and addressing affordability issues like property taxes, home and rent costs, health insurance rates and the cost of groceries.—
Eleanor Dearman
Updated January 23,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2026
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Each student overcame their own obstacles through a program designed to transform lives, not just with technical skills and a path to a living wage job, but also mentorship, career support, and a sense of belonging.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Baseball owners, with Dick Monfort playing a prominent role as a hawk in labor negotiations, are expected to lock out the players after this season, seeking a salary cap, believing that is the only reason the Dodgers win.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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That name change also came several months after Adtalem settled lawsuits with both the FTC and the Education Department over charges related to DeVry’s post-graduate job and salary claims.—
Ian Thomas,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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Immigration should expand opportunity and economic growth—not undercut wages or displace working Americans.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The affordability crisis characterized by rising rents, stagnant wages and a shortage of affordable housing is driving instability, homelessness and longer commutes.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2021
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The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.—
Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
9 Aug. 2021
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But its last shutdown plan, released in late September, indicates that 91% of its employees would continue to work without pay.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Transportation Security Administration officers are expected to work without pay while lawmakers remain without an agreement on Homeland Security's annual funding.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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