wage-earning
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The steep hybrid premium on the entry-level model will put it out of reach of the very buyers who need it most: wage-earning parents being eaten alive by fuel costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
With the death of the wage-earning father, the family struggled in true 19th century Dickensian fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Walker, who represents Monongalia County, added, “It affects people of color tremendously. It affects our neighbors in rural communities. It affects low-income wage-earning West Virginians, and it upsets me to my core.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
They were also “pulled” by the promise of consistent, wage-earning work.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
I.—The houses referred to below should be representative of wage-earning class dwellings in as many different districts as possible.
From Report on the Cost of Living in Ireland June 1922 by Ministry of Economic Affairs
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