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an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law
Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
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Recent Examples of minimum wage
The federal government sued the foundation, alleging violations of federal minimum wage, overtime, and record keeping laws.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 24 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration set a vaccine mandate for federal contractors, using the same legal authority the minimum wage relies upon.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
There's nothing wrong with raising the minimum wage.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
The fight for climate change was the fight for Palestinian statehood was the fight to raise the minimum wage.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 24 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration set a vaccine mandate for federal contractors, using the same legal authority the minimum wage relies upon.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
There's nothing wrong with raising the minimum wage.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
The fight for climate change was the fight for Palestinian statehood was the fight to raise the minimum wage.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimum wage
Noun
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Rising wages have enabled people to keep spending, which has kept the overall economy humming along.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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By the 2000s, the middle class these restaurants had been custom-built to serve was shrinking as wages stagnated and neighborhoods grew more segregated by income.—
Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The remote Queensland town of Julia Creek, population 500, is offering about double the salary a family physician would earn in the state’s capital, Brisbane.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Not to mention the fact that the average salary in the U.S. sits below that figure, at around $66,622, according to the latest data from the Social Security Administration.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Curtin, a former Kankakee County Educator of the Year recipient, said teachers deserve a fair, living wage that reflects their experience, expertise and training.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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And, quite simply, all workers deserve a living wage.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum%20wage. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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