Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livings
Noun
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Public resources can help unlock that process, but job creation at scale depends on the private sector — especially micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises that generate most employment.—
Ajaypal Banga,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026 -
Other extremely successful bicoastal enterprises—galleries that make New York and LA their primary home bases—include David Kordansky Gallery, Karma, Matthew Brown, Jeffrey Deitch, Hoffman Donahue, François Ghebaly, and James Fuentes.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s a lot of people’s jobs, and there’s a lot of people’s livelihoods, and there’s a whole ecosystem around it.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Why risk their futures, their livelihoods and even their lives for wildlife?—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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This includes a comic scene about proofreading the monotonous legal documents that clerks like Bartleby were paid pennies to copy, and a scene at the end where a jail cook rattles off all the former occupations of its now-nameless inmates.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Finally, payrolls processing firm ADP notes that turnover among traditionally white-collar occupations is around record lows.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
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The only solution for job seekers would be to specialize in vocations that AI cannot easily replicate, such as highly skilled trades, or to work in industries where consumers put a premium on human interaction.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Invest in fiction written by humans and so support human creativity, vocations, and organic economies?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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For the moment, news media seems more insulated than other professions from some of the threats of AI.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Teacher schedules, with seasonal breaks and summers off, provide more time for side hustles compared to some other professions.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hoffman will be joined by Semafor Business reporter Rohan Goswami, alongside a slate of voices navigating the fast-changing future of businesses from manufacturing to hotels, healthcare to credit cards to education.—
Rachel Keidan,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Back then, the American economy surged as businesses became more productive, unemployment tumbled and inflation remained in check.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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All those years of spilt juice and milk, of sandy or muddy footprints, of hands sticky from snacks and art works—no deep cleaning would make the fabric look new again.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The play concerns an average guy named Berenger (a character name that Ionesco used in other works, and who seems to share some background details with the playwright) who sees the people around him acting strangely and spouting odd sentiments.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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Scott has certainly had multiple callings.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
27 Dec. 2025
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Creative reuse of leftovers is one of my personal callings, so the idea resonated with me.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Livings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livings. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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