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income

[in-kuhm] / ˈɪn kʌm /


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The couple have other income sources, from inheritance to the sales of Harry's memoir Spare, which was the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The U.K.’s graduate earnings premium—the extra income graduates earn compared with nongraduates—is lower than in the U.S. and some other European countries, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Like with all IRAs, the individual has to have earned income.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Hepi says most young full-time students now work in paid employment during term time to make up the difference between their maintenance loan income and the cost of living.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

That, added to the six dollars weekly from Mr. Platernis and four apiece from the other three stores, made a total income of thirty dollars a week.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

He told AFP debt delinquency was "not a consequence of individual decisions" but the result of "a macroeconomic context that has worsened incomes, employment and economic activity."

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The risk for investors is that the company has to wait a long time for middle-class incomes to catch up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

She believes that's particularly difficult for people with chronic illnesses who may be unable to work or have limited incomes.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Settlement critics noted that the pact meant that ranch employees, many of them Latinos with moderate incomes, lost their homes along with the ranch owners.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Within a few years, their incomes rose 20 percent and their English improved greatly.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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