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Recent Examples of wage earner
Nearly all wage earners pay into the system throughout their working lives on the promise of monthly checks at retirement.
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
The mayor announced a plan last month to eliminate New York City income taxes for more than 400,000 of the lowest wage earners.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
What To Know Senators Roger Marshall of Kansas and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama have introduced the Overtime Wages Tax Relief Act, which would create an income tax deduction for overtime wage earners.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
The federal earned income tax credit, which has been around for 50 years, is designed to give low-income wage earners a financial lift through the tax system.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
The mayor announced a plan last month to eliminate New York City income taxes for more than 400,000 of the lowest wage earners.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
What To Know Senators Roger Marshall of Kansas and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama have introduced the Overtime Wages Tax Relief Act, which would create an income tax deduction for overtime wage earners.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
The federal earned income tax credit, which has been around for 50 years, is designed to give low-income wage earners a financial lift through the tax system.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wage earner
Noun
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Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In 1893, workmen laid dynamite charges and started blowing them up.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Olsen is wearing an oversized black workman’s jacket, very similar to, if not an exact piece from The Row in a different color.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage%20earner. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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