living standard

noun

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The dramatic increase in human living standards was not the result of a wizard waving a wand, but of more and more parts of the world discovering the magic of markets. Philip Klein, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025 Falling population levels could cause a stagnation in living standards and create difficulties in paying down debts as well as funding programs such as Social Security, which is dependent on payroll taxes. Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025 The obvious takeaway is that factors aside from living standards—including biological inheritance—are the reason that Dutch and Haitian kids tower over their Japanese and Nepali peers. Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 Capital expenditures – such as those announced by Apple – drive the innovations that increase people’s income, promote employment growth, and broadly raise our living standards. Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for living standard

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of living standard was in 1896

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“Living standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20standard. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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