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salary

[sal-uh-ree] / ˈsæl ə ri /


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Under the proposed scheme, youngsters would be offered posts in the private sector, with the government paying half their salary.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A Morning Consult survey conducted last November concluded that 79% of avid MLB fans and 69% of casual fans supported a salary cap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

You may not be earning a six-figure salary like that other letter writer, but your outlook is far less bleak than the initial arithmetic suggests.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Paramount released details of Kreiz’s contract on Thursday in a regulatory filing, saying he would receive a $5-million annual salary and an annual target bonus of $4.9 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was well known that Webster would purchase enslaved people and allow them to work for a salary until they had repaid their purchase price.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

He said his own salary was equal to about four staff salaries, leading him to decide he should leave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Others insisted salaries should be cut during maternity leave.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Supporters say the measure would prevent excessive spending on executive salaries, fundraisers and other administrative expenses at clinics serving the state’s most vulnerable residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The online response inspired her to quit her job and build a digital brand by attacking the workplace taboo of talking about salaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

All I do know is that this business about professions and studies and salaries and so on—it makes me sick, it is and always was disgusting.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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