salaries

Example Sentences

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The number of sworn officers recently fell below 8,600, despite Bass striking a deal with the police union to offer higher starting salaries and new retention bonuses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

The union had called for the scrapping of a bonus cap set at 50 percent of annual salaries and for 15 percent of operating profit to be allocated to bonuses.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Husband noted that in Mexico, locals on average salaries would be unable to afford tickets to see the games, and praised Canada's efforts to curb sky-high ticket resale costs.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away called the 1990s, young people scraped by with tiny salaries and tried to save for retirement in a newfangled self-directed system.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

“When Ifediora was alive, there were times, nwunye m, when the university did not pay salaries for months. Ifediora and I had nothing, eh, yet he never raised a hand to me.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie