wages
Example Sentences
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If it takes too long to build a factory, you don’t have those jobs that pay the good wages.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
You may feel as though you’re being taxed twice, given that you’re already paying 6.2% of your wages in Social Security taxes, while your employer contributes another 6.2%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Americans more broadly have become richer over time, as rising wages for college-educated workers, entrepreneurship and the stock market have lifted wealth for millions of Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
At that time they had not won a major trophy for 35 years but they were a team that, in transfer fees and wages, cost well above anything Stoke City could ever aspire to.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
On Friday morning, Salvador and Lupita received their wages.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
