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Example sentences for: earn

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If a person works for 40 years, they'll probably earn over $1 million on that $16,000."
Even those with jobs are suffering: 26 percent of California workers earn poverty level wages.
Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger as a mother and daughter forced to reconcile in the face of grave illness earn praise in this "East Coast yuppie Terms of Endearment " (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). The film is based on a novel by Anna Quindlen and, though small, is said to be emotionally powerful.
This does not mean that soldiers earn less than civilians, because it does not take into account the pay differential from 1982.
The one point of agreement: Stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton earn strong marks.