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Recent Examples of wage earner
About 50% of all women wage earners were in household service, and among non agricultural women workers, the share was even higher, at nearly 66%.
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Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
What To Know The annual Social Security COLA is determined using data from the CPI-W, tracking inflation for urban wage earners and clerical workers.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 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
Listing agent Lee Robinson of Robinson Sotheby’s International Realty, which specializes in high-end property sales, said he's seen an increasing number of seven-figure wage earners shopping the Cincinnati area real estate market in recent years.
—Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 June 2025
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Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
What To Know The annual Social Security COLA is determined using data from the CPI-W, tracking inflation for urban wage earners and clerical workers.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 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
Listing agent Lee Robinson of Robinson Sotheby’s International Realty, which specializes in high-end property sales, said he's seen an increasing number of seven-figure wage earners shopping the Cincinnati area real estate market in recent years.
—Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wage earner
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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
Noun
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What was once a workingman’s district is now River North, a polished landscape of galleries, luxury apartments and expense-account dining.—
David Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Company founder Leo Fender and his group of California guitar-makers debuted the Telecaster in 1951 as a durable workingman’s guitar.—
Matthew Leimkuehler,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2026
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Four years ago, a longtime admirer of Morris’s, Paul Clements, produced a workman-like survey of the travel writer’s life and oeuvre; now Wheeler comes forth with a much deeper and more questioning look at an author who could seem at home everywhere, yet remain a stranger in her own household.—
Pico Iyer,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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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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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage%20earner. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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