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well-paid

British  

adjective

  1. receiving or involving good remuneration

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He also rejects the notion that there is a binary choice between providing well-paid employment and a decent safety net through the social security system.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Finding a well-paid job is important, but so is a sense of job security at an uncertain time for the economy, according to labor-market experts and a growing number of surveys.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Learning will be designed around real jobs and the skills employers actually need, to help young people secure well-paid jobs, it adds.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Burgum was accompanied by over two dozen mining company executives who he said represented "billions of dollars in investments and billions of dollars in well-paid jobs."

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Ronnie York, blond and blue-eyed, had been born and raised in Florida, where his father was a well-known, well-paid deep- sea diver.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote