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take-home pays

plural of take-home pay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pays
Noun
  • The restaurant and hotel businesses have already been slammed by $20-per-hour minimum wages and high inflation caused by poor government policy.
    Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Starting to deregulate labor markets, limiting growth in minimum wages, and reducing impediments on labor flexibility.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In India, farmers, builders and factory workers are losing wages and facing health risks due to unbearable heat.
    Vanessa Kerry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • That's a function of the immigrant round-ups, and leaves little room for wages to settle down.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Public schools in particular have become so reliant on bond sales to fund salaries and services that overall school debt more than doubled from 2002 to 2019, rising to $500 billion.
    Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The high cost of education also discourage graduates from entering public or rural practice, where salaries are typically lower.
    Sixteen Ramos, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • She’s canceled or postponed doctor’s appointments, chiropractic care and vet appointments to avoid co-pays or bills piling up.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Costs will be passed on to other customers, raising premiums and co-pays.
    Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Duffy now worries that the current pool of candidates at the FAA’s academy in Oklahoma City may dwindle when student stipends run out next week.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Among other things, the model involves offering stipends to attract highly effective teachers to underperforming campuses.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Take-home pays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pays. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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