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Recent Examples of wage earner
One quirk will apply starting in 2026 to reduce the tax break for very high wage earners.
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
That means even as inflation has cooled, the damage lingered as asset holders retained their windfall but wage earners bore the brunt of disinflation.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
To avoid being cost-burdened, a minimum-wage earner in Miami would have to work more than 100 hours a week.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
This is true for both spousal benefits when the higher wage earner is alive and for survivor benefits.
—Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
That means even as inflation has cooled, the damage lingered as asset holders retained their windfall but wage earners bore the brunt of disinflation.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
To avoid being cost-burdened, a minimum-wage earner in Miami would have to work more than 100 hours a week.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
This is true for both spousal benefits when the higher wage earner is alive and for survivor benefits.
—Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wage earner
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Proslavery propaganda in the antebellum South insisted that Northern wage slaves were worse off than Southern chattel slaves.—
Sarah Churchwell,
The New York Review of Books,
11 June 2019
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Reminiscent of the Row or the elegant workingwoman aesthetic of Celine’s Phoebe Philo era, the clothes are instantly covetable.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2021
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Where to eat and drink in Kansas City Barbecue Barbecue is an everyday affair in Kansas City: a workingman’s (and workmanlike) tradition that prioritizes adaptation over aesthetics.—
Liz Cook,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Jan. 2026
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For the average farmer, the global financial crisis and the reaction to it crystalized the idea that an elite financial cabal was putting the interests of bankers above the interests of the workingman.—
David McWilliams,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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Hilgenberg and Voigt were business partners, Blair was Voigt’s racquetball partner and McNeill was Voigt’s workman’s compensation lawyer.—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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This game was all about Tarris’ workman-like performance.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage%20earner. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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