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
So much of our livelihood has been in that worker/partnership with Ford one way or another.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
But for Dambeck and the farmers who had pinned their hopes on the renewal of the program, the temporary freeze felt like a glimpse of what could come, a reminder that their contracts and their livelihoods may not survive beyond this season.
—Chaewon Chung
october 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
These groups are crucial to sustaining food, income, and livelihoods for coastal communities.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Your reputation, your career, your livelihood — important things are on the line.
—Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
But for Dambeck and the farmers who had pinned their hopes on the renewal of the program, the temporary freeze felt like a glimpse of what could come, a reminder that their contracts and their livelihoods may not survive beyond this season.
—Chaewon Chung
october 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
These groups are crucial to sustaining food, income, and livelihoods for coastal communities.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Your reputation, your career, your livelihood — important things are on the line.
—Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for livelihood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livelihood
Noun
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The newest in the collection have a studio layout with a lower-level living area and an upper-area bedroom, which then leads to a spacious bathroom with an outdoor shower.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Weekly Newsletter Audiences were asked to consider that the display of human difference was dehumanizing or even exploitative but also to understand that the sideshow represented a locus of community and a way for disabled performers to make an independent living.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ruha Benjamin, a sociologist at Princeton, has emphasized that AI can replicate and reinforce existing social inequalities in domains such as education, employment, criminal justice, and health care.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The stocks are in the employment payment and HR business.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Porat and Venkatakrishnan both discussed how the moment demands urgency from governments and businesses alike.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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His first business ventures were reportedly an internet café and gaming centers in the provincial capital Fuzhou.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Livelihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livelihood. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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