salary
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“We are debt-free, and he will get 80% of his salary when he retires.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Instead—during a summer when other players were inking deals north of $250 million—Brunson sat in the NBA’s bargain bin, and the Knicks could scoop him at just the 46th-highest salary in the league.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Under the cap proposal, the required payroll cuts could save the Dodgers in salary about as much as they could lose in local television revenue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
"The workers on strike lose a day's salary, TfL loses revenues, businesses are losing their customers, people have hospital appointments they can't get to. This is a massive inconvenience," Sir Sadiq said.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
And he had occasionally made large cash deposits into his checking account—far more money than he earned from his salary at the CIA.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing salary
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