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salary

[sal-uh-ree] / ˈsæl ə ri /


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Workers were demanding salary increases, protection against subcontracting and job loss through automation, and were refusing to comply with FIFA’s request to collect sensitive private information such as nationality and home addresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Yet he’s not just an incredible asset just because of his late-game buckets—it’s also because of his relatively cheap salary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Around 2013, Walker left the Gates Foundation and moved to the World Bank through a secondment, meaning the foundation continued to pay her salary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The most widespread practice was that of the so-called "salary skimmers" -- lawmakers who take a cut of their employees' pay.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Ellsberg called a friend at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was offered a position, at half his current salary, at MIT’s Center for International Studies.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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