livings

noun

plural of living
as in enterprises

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  1. enterprises
  2. livelihoods
  3. occupations
  4. vocations
  5. professions
  6. businesses
  7. works
  8. callings
Noun
  • The enterprises that lead in the agentic era will be those that design the clearest relationship between human judgment and machine execution—and earn the trust to scale it.
    — Jo Debecker, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The result can be stronger companies and better choices for consumers and enterprises alike.
    — Davis Noell, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of enterprises
Noun
  • Iranians have seen livelihoods and purchasing power crumble as their currency's value has reached record lows, losing much of its value in the past year.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Iranians have seen livelihoods and purchasing power crumble as their currency’s value has reached record lows, losing much of its value in the past year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of livelihoods
Noun
  • Across 25 occupations that past technology upended, employment fell an extra 4% over five years for every point the national unemployment rate climbed.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Which occupations lose their very purpose when the human element is removed?
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupations
Noun
  • Businesspeople have visited schools to help students explore other routes, including community college and vocations such as HVAC technicians.
    — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
  • The article suggests that true mastery comes not from avoiding mistakes, but from operating at the edge of one's capacity, much like in demanding vocations such as sports or diving.
    — Ulrik Juul Christensen, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of vocations
Noun
  • The clientele here is notably upscale, in-the-know, and coming from all fields of business, with an emphasis on creative professions and the luxury fashion world.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The relationships formed in caregiving professions are intimate and personal.
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of professions
Noun
  • Government should set a clear course and let businesses decide which technologies make commercial sense.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Donalds has campaigned on conservative priorities, including school choice and policies designed to attract businesses to Florida.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of businesses
Noun
  • See his portraits—and relive the concert’s joyous celebration of one of musical theater’s most groundbreaking and influential works—below.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Sam Wasson, one of Hollywood’s preeminent historians and biographers, has published searching books on the lives and works of Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Blake Edwards and Roman Polanski.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of works
Noun
  • Unlike in fields where avocations have to replace callings, academic retirees go on to pen as many articles and books as decline permits.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • Before God, Puritan preachers taught, all human callings, all useful work, is equal.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Definition of callings
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