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salary

[sal-uh-ree] / ˈsæl ə ri /


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His base salary when he joined OpenAI was $325,000 with a new hire equity grant of $2.2 million in profit-participation units, the filing said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

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

They wanted him to exercise such qualities on the people, so that they might double their salary and give vent to their avarice and cruelty.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

Firms now regularly pay first-year associates salaries of $250,000, up from $190,000 in 2018, in the tussle for the best talent straight out of law school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

While salaries have risen sharply in leagues such as those in the USA and Mexico, average pay in 10 Eastern European countries remains below the national minimum wage.

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

In 1937, a typical year, the Rad Lab listed seventeen postdoctoral physics fellows on its staff but paid the salaries of only two.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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