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well-earned - definition and meaning
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well-earned punishment.
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When employers keep the well-earned wages they take a working woman's opportunity to provide for her children.
Hector E. Sanchez: Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence; The Troubling Reality of Many Latina and Immigrant Workers Hector E. Sanchez 2012
When employers keep the well-earned wages they take a working woman's opportunity to provide for her children.
Hector E. Sanchez: Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence; The Troubling Reality of Many Latina and Immigrant Workers Hector E. Sanchez 2012
And before my husband and I took a well-earned nap, the three of us ate the most unusual breakfast—pieces of cake.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
Half-time: Craig Joubert brings first half proceedings to a close and the teams head off for a well-earned breather.
Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland v Wales - live! | Barry Glendenning 2011
Costco's well-earned reputation for treating its in-store employees well carries over to its warehouse.
The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse 2011
With Putin watching his back, Medvedev would be able to grow into his new office, allowing his predecessor to withdraw into the background for some well-earned rest and recreation.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
The European Forum for New Ideas where I also had been invited to speak, held concurrently in the nearby seaside resort town of Sopot bore witness to that success with over 900 business delegates from Poland joining in a well-earned festival of self congratulatory debate.
Benjamin R. Barber: As President Lech Walesa Said to President Lula Da Silva Benjamin R. Barber 2011
The show needs to break its habit of using patients to reflect on the doctors, but in this case, the twist is interesting, well-earned and in some ways unexpected.
Critic's Corner Monday 2009
My stepdaughter has finished her degree and after a well-earned (self-funded) holiday in Thailand, this week moved to London to look for a job.
Libraries Maxine 2009
• And as the phone-hacking hearings continue, there is well-earned posthumous triumph for the News of the World, vindicated by convictions arising from Mazher Mahmood's exclusive about cricket match-fixing allegations.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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