earnings
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On social media sites such as Reddit and Facebook, gig workers have posted about how the higher gas prices are eating into their earnings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Exxon and Chevron are fundamentally stronger, with quadrupled free cash flow for Exxon and higher earnings multiples, reflecting improved profitability.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
They each now trade around 15 times expected earnings.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Credit conditions appear generally benign across this week’s earnings reports.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Relatively well- off workers in the eighth decile, or 10 percent-sized slice, where earnings are about $20 an hour, are now making 106.6 percent of what they earned in 1973.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing earnings
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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