as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably
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Recent Examples of wages
For this calculation, the institutional research department compared UC graduates’ earnings to out-of-pocket costs for their degrees and the opportunity costs of forgone wages of high school graduates of the same age.
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Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Anthropic gives serious attention to displacement, including the possibility of durable pressure on wages and employment, while the Vatican insists that work is tied to dignity, participation and citizenship.
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Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
And that's especially critical this July with inflation surging again, wages softening and higher borrowing costs expected to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Speaking ahead of the vote, and a rally in front of the Shubert Organization offices, 32BJ SEIU Executive Vice President Denis Johnston, said the two parties, who have been negotiating since early June, are at odds over wages, in particular.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
The activists blame those migrants for causing unemployment among South Africans by accepting low wages, and for other problems including high crime.
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Michelle Gumede,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Depressed wages, a weak currency and hyperinflation have continued to make life difficult for ordinary Venezuelans, many of whom struggle to afford basic goods.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
In Texas, for example, participants in models like this returned over $100 million in wages to the local economy in 2025.
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Barb Clapp,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Tuition kept rising, but wages did not The highest tuition hike of 241% over a 10-year period occurred in the 1980s.
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Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Anthropic gives serious attention to displacement, including the possibility of durable pressure on wages and employment, while the Vatican insists that work is tied to dignity, participation and citizenship.
—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
And that's especially critical this July with inflation surging again, wages softening and higher borrowing costs expected to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.
—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Speaking ahead of the vote, and a rally in front of the Shubert Organization offices, 32BJ SEIU Executive Vice President Denis Johnston, said the two parties, who have been negotiating since early June, are at odds over wages, in particular.
—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
The activists blame those migrants for causing unemployment among South Africans by accepting low wages, and for other problems including high crime.
—
Michelle Gumede,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Depressed wages, a weak currency and hyperinflation have continued to make life difficult for ordinary Venezuelans, many of whom struggle to afford basic goods.
—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
In Texas, for example, participants in models like this returned over $100 million in wages to the local economy in 2025.
—
Barb Clapp,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Tuition kept rising, but wages did not The highest tuition hike of 241% over a 10-year period occurred in the 1980s.
—
Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wages
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The Sacramento Kings traded guard Devin Carter and a second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks for salary cap relief Monday.
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Book deals regularly eclipse Supreme Court justices' $300,000 government salaries.
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Anderson has since remarried and currently works as chief of staff for corporate development at payment technology company Celero Commerce.
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These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers.
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“Wages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wages. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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