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wage

[weyj] / weɪdʒ /


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The Justice Department was preparing to wage a legal battle more than a decade in the making against the world’s largest concert promoter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The union representing workers at South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor said on Monday it had resumed wage talks with management after staging its first full-day strike in a decade.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Businesses have said employer national insurance and minimum wage hikes have made hiring more expensive, particularly for junior staff.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Deere’s rejected proposal offered union members two years of 4% wage increases and $3,000 bonuses to extend the current contract to 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Among its provisions are establishing a forty-hour work week and a national minimum wage as well as prohibiting oppressive child labor and most employment of minors.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Under the claim program announced Monday, residents and businesses are to be reimbursed for expenses such as hotel stays, loss of use, meals, transportation and loss of wages.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Shein says it conducts regular third-party audits to ensure fair wages, and it says its on-demand model avoids overproduction and thus "dramatically reduces waste".

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

However the figures are also likely to reflect the fact that real wages across the Northern Ireland private sector were rising in 2024.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Changing prices and wages can be a hassle, or be bound by contracts, so prices can actually be “sticky.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

From time to time, Don Victor, when he can get away from his young girls, will stop by to see to things and give me my monthly wages.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The American bookmaker then alleged in a book published after his release that Mickelson had waged a billion dollars in sporting bets.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

This is why the nation’s founders instituted religious freedom — they witnessed how Europe was torn apart by wars waged between different flavors of Christianity.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Bores is, in part, referring to a campaign waged by Think Big PAC, a pro-A.I. advocacy group that is spending big against Bores.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

Commission officials said they waged no such campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

The proponents of hunger strikes argued that it was a traditionally accepted form of protest that had been waged all over the world by such prominent leaders as Mahatma Gandhi.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Revolution or not, few doubt that the way of waging war is experiencing rapid—and accelerating—change.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

As his raw dairy grew, McAfee portrayed himself as an underdog waging a war against industrialized food.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

The U.S. has been waging a “war” on screwworm, U.S.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: "I can't think of a worse time to do this with a war waging in Europe."

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Among other praises bestowed upon him by writers, Philopoemen, Prince of the Achaeans, is praised because in peacetime he thought of nothing except the ways of waging war.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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