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meager

[mee-ger] / ˈmi gər /




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Meager funding and stagnant wages led to a teacher walkout in 2018, culminating in a 20% raise for teachers that was brokered by Ducey.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2022

Failing that, Westbourne in the district of the Chichester has plenty more to offer, Ms Meager said.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2021

Meager wages make the work-home trade-off harder to justify, even if the loss of a second paycheck may lower a family’s standard of living.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2020

Meager pay by Western standards, it was several times more than state salaries for doctors working inside Cuba — and his primary motivation, he said, for accepting the assignments.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020

Meager Rations at Concho Concho was a Mexican village, at least a dozen years established, when the first Mormon settlers arrived.

From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by McClintock, James H.




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