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income

[in-kuhm] / ˈɪn kʌm /


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Even a small amount of the precious metal can transform the futures of these men and women - from Kenya and neighbouring Uganda - many of whose precarious lives rest on an unreliable farming income.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The U.K.’s graduate earnings premium—the extra income graduates earn compared with nongraduates—is lower than in the U.S. and some other European countries, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Given that she has just lost her job and her income has dropped substantially, tell her to check both BadgerCare Plus and ACA Marketplace plans before committing to COBRA.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

The couple have other income sources, from inheritance to the sales of Harry's memoir Spare, which was the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Another source of income for mathematicians in Galileo’s day was teaching the geometrical principles of perspective representation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Food and housing prices have climbed while incomes, adjusted for the cost of living, are among the lowest in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

"Energy bills are still far too high and wages and incomes aren't keeping up".

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

He told AFP debt delinquency was "not a consequence of individual decisions" but the result of "a macroeconomic context that has worsened incomes, employment and economic activity."

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Settlement critics noted that the pact meant that ranch employees, many of them Latinos with moderate incomes, lost their homes along with the ranch owners.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Every week we interviewed old women who brewed African beer as a way to supplement their tiny incomes, who now faced jail terms and fines they could not afford to pay.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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