earned
Example Sentences
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By 2025, around one in seven said they earned $2 million or more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
I also have rental and passive income, and my earned income does not exceed $22,000 per year.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
A total of 19 parties and alliances took part in the election but few of these earned enough votes to gain a seat in the national assembly.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Bess Wohl's play "Liberation," a look at second-wave feminism, and musical "Schmigadoon!" earned the top prizes on Sunday at the 79th Tony Awards, the highest honors in American theater.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Then he smiled and said, “Son, you’ve just earned yourself a lot of money. What are you going to do with all of it?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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