six-figure

adjective

: in the hundreds of thousands : totaling 100,000 or more but less than one million

a six-figure income

Examples of six-figure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some of his past practices, including the payment of a six-figure sum to obtain the documents crucial to the expenses investigation, run counter to the more stringent reporting ethics followed by American news organizations. —

Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024 Really, the only subject that may result in a six-figure starting salary is computer and information sciences. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 May 2024 The department, which also has a six-figure starting salary, had 1 in 3 jobs vacant last spring when the city implemented the incentive. —

Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024 Each live broadcast of a domestic game is a six-figure commitment. —

Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for six-figure

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