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
In contrast, men, often newcomers to these networks, would rely on their wives' families for support, land, and livelihood.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Jourdan Hathaway, Chief Business Officer at GA, explains how the organization has made a livelihood for itself and its beneficiaries by offering skills that are future proof.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Not even farmers, when agribusiness destroyed their livelihoods in the 1950s, degraded themselves by lamenting unharvested ears of content.
—Joel Stein, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
Trees can also slow climate change, nurture wildlife habitats, support livelihoods and reduce extreme heat.
—Dan Lambe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Jourdan Hathaway, Chief Business Officer at GA, explains how the organization has made a livelihood for itself and its beneficiaries by offering skills that are future proof.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Not even farmers, when agribusiness destroyed their livelihoods in the 1950s, degraded themselves by lamenting unharvested ears of content.
—Joel Stein, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
Trees can also slow climate change, nurture wildlife habitats, support livelihoods and reduce extreme heat.
—Dan Lambe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for livelihood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livelihood
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Pay: If a remote worker has to relocate to an area with a higher cost of living — such as Washington, DC — their locality pay would have to be adjusted.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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The courtyard was essential, a way for mostly Jewish immigrants to replace the tenement’s narrow, stinking air shaft with a form of genuinely gracious living.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Jan. 2025
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Critics of the move are concerned that many employers will see Trump’s action as a signal that no longer have to worry about facing penalties from discriminating in their employment practices.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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In addition, lingering questions about the value of postsecondary education, a greater number of nontraditional options for advanced education, and a continuing shift away from college degrees as an employment requirement all mean more downward pressures will be exerted on postsecondary enrollment.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Previous presidents have taken more significant steps to avoid conflicts of interest and the appearance of self-dealing, including by putting their businesses in blind trusts.—
Lex Harvey, Auzinea Bacon and Matt Egan,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Some degree of predictability and institutional stability is the reason that the dollar is a global reserve currency, that the financial markets work, that domestic and foreign investment flows, people start businesses, plan long-term with savings and homeownership, start families.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Livelihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livelihood. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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