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Recent Examples on the Web The ratio needs to be at around 60% if retirees want to maintain a preretirement living standard. — Jing Yang, WSJ, 2 June 2021 The price has changed, but your living standard hasn’t. — William Baldwin, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021 Wogan argued that, while the adjudication failed to complete step two, applying the moderate living standard on remand may not change the situation. — Alex Schwartz, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021 The program's pay is based on each location's cost-of-living standard, the website states. — Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2021 Backers have long said that increasing the minimum wage would raise the living standard of workers and help combat poverty. — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2021 Investment in infrastructure can help raise living standards and realize human rights through improved access to basic services and employment. — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020 The collapse in oil and natural gas prices threatens living standards, as the energy sector makes up two-thirds of the country’s exports. — Madeline Roache, Time, 24 Apr. 2020 Way more than philanthropy, free-market capitalism gets people out of poverty, raises living standards and cures the world’s ills. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2020

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“Living standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20standard. Accessed 25 Jul. 2021.

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