earning

Example Sentences

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Initially it was a hat and shoe repair store, with candies sold from a cart out front as an extra earning stream.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

He volunteered to fight, then set up his own drone unit -- "Madyar's Birds" -- well before many had realised the full importance of the technology, quickly earning plaudits inside the military.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Converting at those rates could cost a fraction of what it might cost in peak earning years.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Among teens from the poorest families, earning under $30,000, only about a quarter did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

He had, in fact, no wish to end his days at the library—half blind or otherwise—and every hope of earning his squint lines by looking at the horizon.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor