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Recent Examples of sustenance
In summer, social life revolves around these riverside cafés-cum-cabarets, where sustenance comes with musical entertainment and opportunities for swimming.
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Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Wheel it onto a veranda or sunroom to draw in some sustenance on wheels.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2025
The fair is bracing for roughly a million visitors, all of whom — in between roller coaster thrills, baking showdowns, livestock exhibits and live tunes, will require some serious sustenance.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
There was just so little emotional and spiritual sustenance.
—Nicholas Cannariato, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Wheel it onto a veranda or sunroom to draw in some sustenance on wheels.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2025
The fair is bracing for roughly a million visitors, all of whom — in between roller coaster thrills, baking showdowns, livestock exhibits and live tunes, will require some serious sustenance.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
There was just so little emotional and spiritual sustenance.
—Nicholas Cannariato, New York Times, 3 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sustenance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustenance
Noun
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Customers have been asking about artificial food dyes, Eddleston said.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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For decades, the original cream puff has been one of the most popular food items.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Being overly calculative or constantly policing your portions can take away from the actual experience of nourishment and taking care of yourself.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government bears responsibility for policies that are now depriving Gazans of adequate nourishment and may soon kill them in staggering numbers.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Sustenance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustenance. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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