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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Single parents can spend nearly half their take-home pay finding somewhere safe for their children to be during the day.
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Shay Castle, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Haithcock said schools have been financially hamstrung since Act 10 – the Scott Walker-era landmark law in 2011 that curtailed union bargaining power and cut take-home pay for workers – especially amid declining student enrollment.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Former servers at Jon & Vinny’s, a popular Italian American restaurant with several Southern California locations, filed a class-action lawsuit in 2023 alleging that their company denied servers tips and was eating into their take-home pay because of diner confusion over an 18% service fee.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Those inflated costs fall squarely on the shoulders of small businesses and working families through higher premiums and lower take-home pay.
—Bianca Blomquist, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Shay Castle, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Haithcock said schools have been financially hamstrung since Act 10 – the Scott Walker-era landmark law in 2011 that curtailed union bargaining power and cut take-home pay for workers – especially amid declining student enrollment.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Former servers at Jon & Vinny’s, a popular Italian American restaurant with several Southern California locations, filed a class-action lawsuit in 2023 alleging that their company denied servers tips and was eating into their take-home pay because of diner confusion over an 18% service fee.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Those inflated costs fall squarely on the shoulders of small businesses and working families through higher premiums and lower take-home pay.
—Bianca Blomquist, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
Noun
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Cabbies said a 10-year wait for a fare hike was far too long, and the increase is too small, considering gas prices are up and minimum wages for other workers have been better cared for.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The subminimum wage is set to rise again in July and fully match the minimum wage in 2028.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The federal art programs of the past serve as urgent reminders that the US government once considered art a public resource, like electricity or education, and paid artists from diverse backgrounds a living wage to make art for public benefit.—
John P. Murphy,
ARTnews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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African Americans need an effective economic system that does not place profits before people and a better political structure that makes a living wage possible and ensures that the health and well-being of everyday people are provided for and protected.—
Essence,
Essence,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Becerra’s top aide, Sean McCluskie, plead guilty in November to diverting $225,000 from Becerra’s dormant campaign funds and using the money to inflate his salary.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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There was no school on Wednesday due to Palestinian Authority cuts to teacher salaries in the area.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Washington state taxes income from capital gains but not wages and salaries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The W-2s reflected false wages from the company and false federal income tax withholdings, officials allege.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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But data shows that the uptick really began under the Biden administration, likely because of an increase in pay for military members, according to Rand, and as the military continued improving the recruitment process and boosted advertising and marketing.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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The government shutdown last November also exacerbated many issues with air traffic controller shortages as employees were forced to work without pay for more than a month.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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