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earning power

American  
[urn-ing pau-er] / ˈɜrn ɪŋ ˈpaʊ ər /

noun

  1. a person or business's capacity to make income or profit.


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“Your 50s are a turning point. There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for big expenses like tuition and mortgages and your earning power may be peaking,” Fidelity says.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

What will be the ripple effects from the increase in the earning power of women?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 27, 2025

The 'homecoming' of one of the greatest and recognisable Arab footballers - and the synergy, and earning power, or all parties was inescapable.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2025

His earning power, and his nonstop-circling-the-country-saying-that-the-MMR-vaccine-causes-autism power, has returned to normal!

From Slate May 10, 2024

They have fewer children and have them later, when their earning power is high.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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