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Many of these children not only survived, but learned the skills and lifeways of their captors, often becoming fully assimilated into the cultures that had once seemed utterly foreign.—Literary Hub,
8 July 2026 The market is held on the grounds of the S'edav Va'aki Museum, which highlights the home and lifeways of one of the Salt River Valley's earliest peoples, the Huhugam.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
10 Dec. 2025 The First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City showcases the lifeways, cultures and histories of the 39 distinct Tribes living in the state.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025 Citizen data must be treated with the same protection as physical sovereignty, and outcomes must strengthen rather than erode the community’s lifeways.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lifeway
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of lifeway was
before the 12th century