earned
Example Sentences
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I also have rental and passive income, and my earned income does not exceed $22,000 per year.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
By 2025, around one in seven said they earned $2 million or more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A total of 19 parties and alliances took part in the election but few of these earned enough votes to gain a seat in the national assembly.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Bess Wohl's play "Liberation," a look at second-wave feminism, and musical "Schmigadoon!" earned the top prizes on Sunday at the 79th Tony Awards, the highest honors in American theater.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Matulovic “j’adoubed” his pieces after the fact so often that years later he earned the nickname “J’adoubovic.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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