be paid

Example Sentences

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The London club have been exploring their legal options and expect a compensation package to be paid, though it remains unclear both how much that might be, or when it will be resolved.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

So, under FLSA, a worker making $20 an hour would be paid $30 once they exceed 40 hours in a week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The government said the company would be paid $928 million—the value of its offshore wind leases—which would then be reinvested into oil and gas projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"I think people should be paid as much as possible. Ask my employees -- literally, I do that."

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

And no greater tribute can be paid to you as parents, and no greater epitaph can come to them as children, than where they died and what they were doing when they died.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry