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stub

[stuhb] / stʌb /


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For many people, a year-end pay stub will have all the numbers a tax professional needs to determine which pay is eligible for the tax break, Steber said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

But the definition of what kinds of overtime pay qualify is much trickier than just looking at the overtime line on a pay stub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Heaven forbid any of these people stub a toe.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2026

For example, personal information on a ticket stub could be replaced with illegible letters, or a private building exchanged for a fake building or other landscape features.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

They had started a campfire just outside the cave’s entrance, and someone had put a box of matches and a short but perfectly usable candle stub in a holder not two feet from Penelope’s pillow.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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