How to Use six-figure in a Sentence

six-figure

adjective
  • The ads are backed by a six-figure buy, according to the group.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the union’s top brass padded their paychecks with overtime on top of six-figure union stipends.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Hitting the six-figure income mark is a dream for a lot of workers.
    — Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 July 2023
  • Sure, $60 seems steep for a baseball cap, but not compared to the four-, five- and six-figure works on view beyond the check-in desk.
    — Alison Brower, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Gone was a six-figure payday if Ohtani didn’t want to exchange anything for the ball.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Sora Lee has worked for some of the biggest names in tech — and earned six-figure salaries doing so.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Once this was discovered, Holmes and Price worked out an installment plan to pay the six-figure debt over the course of the year.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Now, there’s a discrepancy on the amount of the six-figure wager.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2024
  • He's got a fancy car, a six-figure salary and a penthouse in the gleaming Canary Wharf.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
  • The six-figure award is paid out per Olympic games that the athlete competes in, and there is no maximum.
    — Jessica Golden, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Hannington said his side would ask the city for attorneys’ fees in the six-figure range.
    — Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • Our small firm, with less than five employees, faces a six-figure tax bill under the new rule.
    — Rayana Marker, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • At $140 a pop, the shoes are a lot more affordable than a six-figure Jacob & Co. creation, too.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Transfer three or four million dollars in an IRA, and Robinhood is on the hook for a six-figure match.
    — Rob Berger, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Plus, if that’s not enough to deter you, the FAA has in the past levied six-figure fines against belligerent passengers.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2023
  • In the past, a lower six-figure salary would place most people in a comfortable place in their lives, but not anymore.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The move is expected to create about 20 jobs with six-figure salaries over the next several years.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Shohei Ohtani inducted one lucky fan into the six-figure club.
    — Erica Messick, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Catch up quick: In late 2022, Parker gave up her six-figure salary as a council member to run for mayor.
    — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Kim used a portion of her six-figure earnings from her YouTube channel to cover her portion of the down payment on the house.
    — Cheyenne Devon,eric Clark, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
  • After a three-week bidding war, Little, Brown snapped it up in a six-figure contract.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Leave it to Jay-Z to casually flex a six-figure Patek Philippe courtside.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2024
  • He was named alongside 70 others when the crowdsourced spreadsheet caught steam in the early days of the #MeToo movement and said the settlement is in the six-figure range.
    — Melinda French Gates, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The Pinnacle is the fanciest trim and approaches the six-figure mark.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023
  • New data shows that even those studying at Ivy League schools aren’t guaranteed a six-figure salary.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 June 2024
  • Pulling a six-figure opening week is nothing to scoff at, and Lil Baby has done it with his last three studio albums.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Palomar’s six-figure offer, though, appears to be toward the upper end of the spectrum.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Even before grading, the value for the card could be estimated as a high six-figure item.
    — Larry Holder, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • As well as the six-figure quote, there were stipulations such as business-class flights and preapproved hotels.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025

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