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
Stahl said the shutdown is impacting the financial livelihood of TSA employees.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The consequences are stark for local people who rely on the rivers for food, medicine, livelihoods and transport, said André Guimarães, executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Many of them fled to the cities from their rural, coastal home villages because the increasing frequency of disasters like floods, riverbank erosion and cyclones, also due to climate change, made their already fragile livelihoods untenable.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Boosting consumer spending and livelihoods gets little more than lip service in the communiqué that followed the plenum at which the five-year plan was mapped out.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The consequences are stark for local people who rely on the rivers for food, medicine, livelihoods and transport, said André Guimarães, executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Many of them fled to the cities from their rural, coastal home villages because the increasing frequency of disasters like floods, riverbank erosion and cyclones, also due to climate change, made their already fragile livelihoods untenable.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Boosting consumer spending and livelihoods gets little more than lip service in the communiqué that followed the plenum at which the five-year plan was mapped out.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livelihood
Noun
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The property itself packs in a small kitchen and living area with a wood-burning stove, plus a serene bedroom and laundry room upstairs.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
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The company wants families to enjoy effective pest protection without compromising the safety of their living space.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Covington filed an equal employment opportunity complaint in June, according to the lawsuit.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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Kelly is owed certain procedural rights by virtue of his employment contract and LSU employee policies.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Being unable to make the payment, the company’s data was lost, and the 158-year-old business went under.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Livelihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livelihood. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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