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Example sentences for: cost-of-living

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But much would come in the form of reduced Social Security benefits, notably accelerated increases in the retirement age and a one-percentage-point cut in annual cost-of-living benefit adjustments.
percent of the cost associated with the annual increases in federal salaries is due to cost-of-living and locality pay adjustment.
mandatory pay and benefit costs resulting primarily from federal cost-of-living and locality pay adjustments, based on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, increased participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System, and an increase in the estimated number of retirees--$17,554,000;
These included a 20 percent increase in Social Security benefits, plus automatic cost-of-living adjustments; the "black lung" disability benefit program for miners; and creation of the Environmental Protection Agency as well as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The new contract, while hardly lavish, did provide for small pay raises, plus cost-of-living increases.