wage-earning
Example Sentences
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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
“A lot of these Navajo men were in their prime wage-earning years. When they passed on, they were diagnosed with lung cancer or various types of lung ailments.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2019
They were also “pulled” by the promise of consistent, wage-earning work.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
It would not be easy to imagine a more unsatisfactory form of preparation for a trade than that provided by the kind of work carried out by wage-earning children.
From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur
