livings

Definition of livingsnext
plural of living

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for livings
Noun
  • Professional sports are rapacious for-profit enterprises that produce wildly entertaining, sometimes violent, and sometimes inspiring athletic competition.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The threat of more efficient, devaluing production models to the livelihoods of artisans is historically clear.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Now the pair are traveling the world, talking about how cooperation and a new system of catch shares saved their livelihoods.
    Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This temperature is far higher than most structural fires, stressing this finding’s potential to transform protective gear for firefighters and other high-heat occupations.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Among the occupations most exposed to AI?
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Invest in fiction written by humans and so support human creativity, vocations, and organic economies?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • While their vocations may seem contradictory, their love is born in faith, rooted in romance, and is much more than meets the eye.
    Essence, Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Post, a lawyer, said other professions, such as attorneys and psychologists, have confidentiality rules like those of priests and pastors, but there is a difference between them.
    Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Respected people in their professions.
    James Varsallone, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Last April, Döpfner closed the deal to spin off his company’s lucrative German classified advertising businesses and bought out his partner, the private equity firm KKR.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Plumber, pipefitter and steamfitter These workers install and repair the systems that move water, gas, chemicals and steam in homes and businesses.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The edgy South of Market venue in San Francisco that showcases works from up-and-coming artists is also known as a cool place to host gatherings and celebrations, especially among the city arts crowd.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Meyers, performed works by Bach, Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre alongside Grant Gershon, the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the chorale’s members.
    Camelia Heins, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Scott has certainly had multiple callings.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2025
  • 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 12 Jan. 2026.

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