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salary

[sal-uh-ree] / ˈsæl ə ri /


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The 44-year-old's new deal included an increase on his previous salary of £10m a year, plus an additional £5m in bonuses.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The owners’ initial proposal set a salary cap of $245 million next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Stacking benefits on top of a good salary makes that more likely.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The 2025 University Funding Law calls for inflation-linked salary increases dated to December 2023, as well as the restoration of student scholarships and more funding for university operations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

She finds work as a secretary to a vice president at a big bank, then becomes a librarian at an engineering company, where she is paid a decent salary for the first time.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“In order to make the salaries make sense, it is imperative to have different sources of revenue.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Victoria Coronel, a student at the University of Matanza in Buenos Aires province, echoed some of the French students' grievances, including "broken things don't get fixed" and teachers leaving the profession because of low salaries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Fifpro was unable to provide average salaries per league as the report focused on regions rather than individual countries.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

There are also ways to increase tax revenue for Social Security outside the scope of salaries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Melanie said her mother said that the reason Mr. Schmitt never had a clerk for long was that he paid such low salaries.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder


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