Below you will find example sentences with "minimum wages". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Minimum Wages in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: minimum
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.7 words

Words in this phrase

minimum wages

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • minimum can mean: The lowest limit. Frequent word
  • wages can mean: plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV) Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

although the minimum wages in the 1× argue that minimum wages and union 1× as tipped minimum wages increase the 1× benefits like minimum wages while enabling 1× concept of minimum wages that minimum 1× conclude that minimum wages may complement 1× fall and minimum wages rise for 1× fear increasing minimum wages across the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a three year 1× almost half the 1× although the minimum 1× and outside of 1× by the same 1× fasanelli lamented the 1×

Common sentence endings:

actors minimum wages 1× adjusted are limited 1× and economic stability 1× declare supervening conditions 1× delayed benefit claims 1× economies in 2013 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

states 6× wage 4× workers 4× increase 4× job 3× people 3× new 3× across 2× first 2× service 2× work 2× year 2×

Related phrases

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Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around minimum:

minimum wage 20× national minimum 13× table minimum 8× new minimum 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

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Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

minimum wage minimum temperature

Same ending:

higher wages real wages

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "minimum wages" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as although the minimum wages in the, argue that minimum wages and union, states, wage and workers stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with minimum wage, minimum temperature, higher wages, minimum wage, national minimum and table minimum, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with minimum wages

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

A three-year contract now signed stipulates a seven percent increase in actors’ minimum wages. (15 words)

Almost half the states across the US saw their hourly minimum wages increase on January 1, 2023. (17 words)

He said the Minimum Wages Act should be implemented and the wages of Beedi workers should be increased. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

On our catalyst watch for the day, DoorDash (), Just Eat Takeaway's () Grubhub, and Uber Eats () will be on watch to see if a judge lifts or extends the temporary halt on new legislation covering minimum wages for delivery workers. (40 words)

Although the minimum wages in the private sector are being decided upon by the Regional Wages and Productivity Boards, Zubiri noted that they are constrained to issuing only one wage order per year, unless they declare supervening conditions. (38 words)

I fear increasing minimum wages across the board will lead to less job openings and as I’ve seen first hand, poorer customer service and more PT employees doing the minimum work required with minimum effort. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

I fear increasing minimum wages across the board will lead to less job openings and as I’ve seen first hand, poorer customer service and more PT employees doing the minimum work required with minimum effort.

Although the minimum wages in the private sector are being decided upon by the Regional Wages and Productivity Boards, Zubiri noted that they are constrained to issuing only one wage order per year, unless they declare supervening conditions.

He said the Minimum Wages Act should be implemented and the wages of Beedi workers should be increased.

Some argue that minimum wages and union activity keep wages from falling, which means too many people want to sell their labour at the going price but cannot.

First, the new “modern awards” operate as a minimum safety net and the circumstances in which minimum wages may be adjusted are limited.

By the same logic, even if one accepts a concept of minimum wages, that minimum can’t be the same in every state.

In 2014, supporters of minimum wage cited a study that found that job creation within the United States is faster in states that raised their minimum wages.

Over time, the focus changed to helping people, especially families, become more self-sufficient. citation Minimum wage laws main Hourly minimum wages in select developed economies in 2013.

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Almost half the states across the US saw their hourly minimum wages increase on January 1, 2023.

A three-year contract now signed stipulates a seven percent increase in actors’ minimum wages.

On our catalyst watch for the day, DoorDash (), Just Eat Takeaway's () Grubhub, and Uber Eats () will be on watch to see if a judge lifts or extends the temporary halt on new legislation covering minimum wages for delivery workers.

Research from Cornell University finds as tipped minimum wages increase, the percentage left as tips for servers in full-service restaurants decreases.

Roux says organised labour and the unemployed will hope for a significant increase in job opportunities, higher minimum wages and the end of load shedding.

States and cities lifting their minimum wages might have helped bolster the trend—indeed, found that, before the coronavirus hit, wage compression was occurring only in states that were lifting their minimums.

Syxka-Peo union issued a statement welcoming the decree incorporating the indexation allowance into the minimum wages offered to hotel industry workers.

Taxes will fall and minimum wages rise for residents in numerous states as a variety of new laws take effect Sunday that could impact people's finances and, in some cases, their personal liberties.

The results conclude that minimum wages may complement social security incentives encouraging more work and delayed benefit claims.

And outside of minimum wages, most rules passed by the council would head to the state’s labor agencies, which could still revise them through the regular rulemaking process before making them law.

Fasanelli lamented the high rent burden faced by a growing number of Americans, citing policy decisions impacting housing availability, minimum wages, and economic stability.

In the US, California’s AB5 law and Proposition 22 have created a mixed framework, mandating benefits like minimum wages while enabling ride-hailing companies to classify workers as contractors.

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