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salaries

NOUN

money paid for work done

Synonyms

STRONGEST

earnings fee income pay payroll stipend wage

STRONG

bacon bread emolument hire recompense remuneration scale take wages

WEAK

take-home

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bills debt

Example Sentences

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But salaries appear to be rising with workload.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

A. At a basic level, it’s because they need the money: This is a tech revolution that requires unprecedented capital to build gargantuan data centers and pay astronomical salaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

College graduates tend to dramatically overestimate their starting salaries, with studies showing that students expect to earn $80,000 to $100,000, while the actual starting salary is around $56,000.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

They can command higher salaries for their expertise aat the same time that the ever-growing number of data centers is putting upward pressure on everything from semicoinductors to electricity.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Because these enforcers received pitiful salaries and were prized for being quick draws, it’s not surprising that the boundary between good lawmen and bad lawmen was porous.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann