wages

Example Sentences

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Grant recipients will have to pay union-scale prevailing wages, which will raise costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

They are willing to pull out all the stops to boost their ranks, including offering her wages that would reflect her status as one of the greatest players in history.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Meanwhile, the wages your business pays to your children are still deductible, reducing the business’s taxable profit.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

For Valdez, that includes the cost of hospital visits, lost wages as she recovered, anxiety medication and seeing a therapist.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

If finishing college and becoming an artist had been a dream for my father, he quickly redirected his hopes, using his wages to help pay for his younger brother’s degree in architecture instead.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama