six-figure

adjective

: in the hundreds of thousands : totaling 100,000 or more but less than one million
a six-figure income

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Chevrolet is playing coy on pricing for now, but a Grand Sport base price at—or below—roughly $90,000 seems a safe bet, with the Grand Sport X likely to be just entering six-figure territory. Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2026 Is a six-figure Social Security income too much? Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026 And business leaders like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have highlighted that opportunities to land secure, six-figure-paying blue-collar jobs are on the rise—thanks in part to the data center boom. Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026 In 2021, risk assessment attorneys working for the county negotiated a $6 million settlement that would have resolved all of the Logalbo cases with six-figure payouts for each accuser. Sean Emery, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for six-figure

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“Six-figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-figure. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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