earnings
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Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have climbed 3.4%, well below the 4% pace this time last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The stock, down 25% in a year, goes for 40 times earnings, with earnings per share expected to double by the end of the decade.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Adjusted earnings came in at $1.21 a share, up from 96 cents a year ago and above Wall Street’s call for $1.13.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The S&P 500’s healthcare component is down 4% year to date, and its full-year earnings growth is pegged at just 4%, the lowest of any sector.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Wasn’t it my right to keep some of my hard-won earnings?
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing earnings
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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