unpaid for

Example Sentences

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After going unpaid for weeks, some air-traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers were taking side jobs or calling out of work, Duffy said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

The problem, he said, is that these conversations are time-consuming and unpaid for busy pediatricians who often only have 20 minutes with a patient.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

On June 9, $4 billion in salaries could go unpaid for parts of the 2-million-strong federal workforce and schools expecting $1 billion in federal funding could have to do without.

From Reuters • May 23, 2023

The department announced in December it would in March bring back $5 late-payment fees for missing the due date and civil penalties of $40 per trip on tolls that go unpaid for 80 days.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2023

Here were all the workers in the shipyard unpaid for the last month.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt