poverty line
noun
: a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental standards
called also poverty level
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Parents or legal guardians of children ages 0 to 5 who meet income requirements (less than 200% of the federal poverty line) are eligible for $725 monthly payments.
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Households earning less than 150% of the federal poverty line qualify for the School Readiness Program.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
People with household incomes from 100% to 138% of the federal poverty line are eligible for subsidized marketplace coverage in those states.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
Fewer than sixty-eight thousand people lived there—a third of them below the national poverty line—and Melton was trying to hang on to every last one.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Households earning less than 150% of the federal poverty line qualify for the School Readiness Program.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
People with household incomes from 100% to 138% of the federal poverty line are eligible for subsidized marketplace coverage in those states.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
Fewer than sixty-eight thousand people lived there—a third of them below the national poverty line—and Melton was trying to hang on to every last one.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poverty line
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“Poverty line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poverty%20line. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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