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stipend

[stahy-pend] / ˈstaɪ pɛnd /


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One startup even offers a rent stipend to workers who choose to live near the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Most payments are hourly, as they would be for nonfamily caregivers, but 13 states also have programs that pay family caregivers a small stipend of $40 to $50 a day not tied to hourly work.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

The heftiest chunk of her pay comes from a nontaxable stipend travel nurses earn to cover their living expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Martin will be available to be on the active roster for 12 games, while receiving a weekly stipend of $750 in addition to a pro-rated minimum salary of $6,000.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

“Jabir’s debt too. And I’ll have to go into the jungle to find the Shetani, so I’ll also need a small stipend for food and supplies.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Perhaps — if such a program were enacted at the federal level — the brilliant idea of targeting Medicaid coverage could be combined with some opt-in option, perhaps with smaller stipends.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

He offered cash stipends of $7 a month to alleviate their hardship.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

The research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Canada Research Chair research stipends.

From Science Daily Jan. 2, 2026

Sharmina Siraj, a mother of two, called Zia "an inspiration", noting that stipends introduced by the former leader to improve women's education made a "huge impact" on her daughters.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

The others were sustained on stipends from donors such as the National Research Council and the Rockefeller Foundation, or were paid out of unallocated grants made to the Rad Lab by the same bodies.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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