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payroll

noun

Definition of payroll

as in inventory

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Recent Examples of payroll The Mets have Major League Baseball’s highest total payroll this season and are virtually assured of missing the playoffs for the second straight year. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The Mets entered this season overhauling a roster that choked away the best record in the league last summer, which turned in a league-high $329 million payroll. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 The Stars were then owned by the late Tom Hicks, and a big payroll team. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 Many potential fixes involve collecting more payroll taxes from the wealthy, or capping their benefits. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for payroll

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The new office space alone is expected to be the largest addition to the city’s inventory in 43 years, said city economic development manager Michael Hennig in a June 2025 City Council work session.

— Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Condo prices slipped slightly as inventory remains elevated following new state safety requirements after the Surfside collapse.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

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After bottoming out in October 2002 following the dot-com bust, the index took nearly five years to climb back to a new high in 2007 — a high that didn't even hold, as the Great Recession erased it almost immediately.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 July 2026
But the heat index — a measure of what the weather feels like, especially when humid — may reach 102, potentially prompting heat advisories.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 26 July 2026

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But that does not mean the younger generation has won a mandate to continue Fedorov’s more radical agenda.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
In just six months as defense minister, Fedorov pursued an ambitious agenda aimed at accelerating Ukraine’s military modernization.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

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The Diamond Collection, his greatest-hits compilation, has reached 130 weeks.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
On Sunday, the Guardians essentially created a compilation video for Little League coaches to show their kids, a crash course in fumbling the fundamentals.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026

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