wages

Example Sentences

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It's less than the annual wages bill for a top English Premier League football club and it wouldn't cover one day of NHS costs.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Inflation was falling, unemployment had risen modestly, wages had cooled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Synkov, who left Bakhmut -- captured by Russia in 2023 -- was still receiving "many offers" from companies struggling to find staff, even as wages surge.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Union leaders said the open-ended strike would not end until demands are met for better wages, lower healthcare costs and opening talks with UC over how the university can help alleviate ballooning housing costs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

A woman whose wages she paid, whose rent she had subsidized, whose daughter spent hours and hours under this very roof every single day.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng