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Recent Examples of livable Meanwhile, child care providers face the pressures of paying livable wages to their employees and the rising costs of insurance and rent. Rachel Cohen, Vox, 17 Apr. 2025 Not flawless or cinematic — but livable, meaningful and yours to shape from here on out. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 As of March 26, 59 percent were in Manhattan, 34 percent in Brooklyn, 6 percent in Queens, 1 percent in the Bronx and none on Staten Island, according to a report from the nonprofit Open Plans, which advocates livable streets. Olivia Bensimon, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Masi acknowledges that a ban on service charges and gratuities might hurt the wallets of restaurant workers, but adds that a livable wage is the restaurant’s responsibility — not the diner’s. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for livable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livable
comfortable
Adjective
  • The buttery-soft jeans are my most comfortable denim, and finding a reliable white pair in the past has often been a struggle.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 11 May 2025
  • There’s a lot of writers who aren’t comfortable with that kind of rearranging.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025

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“Livable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livable. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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