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Recent Examples of wage earner
For Palestinians, such changes meant that a generation of youth became wage earners with independent sources of income for the first time.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) distributes benefits to more than 70 million people, including retirees, disabled workers and the families of deceased wage earners.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Among them: Deductions for wage earners of the first $25,000 of tip income and the first $12,500 of overtime pay, subject to certain stipulations.
—Blake Harrison, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Advocates say the credit recognizes that extra costs associated with holding down a job can discourage low-income wage earners from working.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The Social Security Administration (SSA) distributes benefits to more than 70 million people, including retirees, disabled workers and the families of deceased wage earners.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Among them: Deductions for wage earners of the first $25,000 of tip income and the first $12,500 of overtime pay, subject to certain stipulations.
—Blake Harrison, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Advocates say the credit recognizes that extra costs associated with holding down a job can discourage low-income wage earners from working.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 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
Noun
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McCardell is the one who ignored its provenance as a humble workingman’s textile and brought it to women’s wear.—
Julia Turner,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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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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The workmen complied, and Faulí got down and scuttled through the opening.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Two women take a selfie next to a mural by artist Banksy of a workman removing a star from the EU flag near the ferry terminal in Dover, Kent, in 2017.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage%20earner. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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