living standard

noun

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The emerging big question is whether lower-income red state voters who benefit the most from federal actions will connect-the-dots between Trump’s chesty predictions and their own eroding living standards. Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025 As living standards rise, so will the need for energy-intensive goods, services, and infrastructure. Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 The Kremlin needed to fund an increasingly costly war, maintain citizens’ living standards, and safeguard Russia’s macroeconomic stability—goals that could not be achieved simultaneously. Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025 Argentina got into the habit of subsidizing inefficient local industries and printing increasingly more money to try to sustain living standards. Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for living standard

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of living standard was in 1896

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“Living standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20standard. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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