as in living
a way of earning money in order to live
Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.
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Recent Examples of livelihood
Many businesses fail, costing investors money and employees their livelihood.
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Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Alain Schroeder Diving for a livelihood Soon-ja Hong, 69, is one of the female divers of Jeju Island, South Korea.
—Diane Cole, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
Yet, a select group of programs offers a strategic alternative, enabling professionals to address addiction or mental strain without compromising their livelihoods.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Business leaders face challenges, including the frantic need for speedy decision-making, unexpected market shifts, geopolitical volatility, internal mutinies, power plays and harrowing decisions that can hurt the livelihood of their teams by cutting jobs.
—Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Alain Schroeder Diving for a livelihood Soon-ja Hong, 69, is one of the female divers of Jeju Island, South Korea.
—Diane Cole, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
Yet, a select group of programs offers a strategic alternative, enabling professionals to address addiction or mental strain without compromising their livelihoods.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Business leaders face challenges, including the frantic need for speedy decision-making, unexpected market shifts, geopolitical volatility, internal mutinies, power plays and harrowing decisions that can hurt the livelihood of their teams by cutting jobs.
—Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livelihood
Noun
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Remember, a sitting room can act as a back-up living space, a secondary sitting area to host impromptu guests or a quiet zone to rest your mind.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Mar. 2025
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Numerous expansive windows let in natural light so the interior living space is bright.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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The bill’s contradictory language—allowing testing after a conditional offer but banning it as a condition of employment—adds another layer of complexity.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Britain’s youth are grappling with worse mental health now than 10 years ago, pushing more of them out of employment than their middle-aged peers and impeding their career growth.—
BYPrarthana Prakash,
Fortune Europe,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, taxpayers need to file a tax return and claim the recovery rebate credit by the April 15 deadline, even if any income from a job, business or other source was minimal or nonexistent, according to the IRS.—
Susan Haigh and Adriana Morga,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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But any upside for Tesla’s business would directly enrich CEO Elon Musk, who is a special government employee overseeing an unofficial department that is trying to gut federal services and employment rolls.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Livelihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livelihood. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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