sustenance
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Early humans weren’t rigid about their sources of sustenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
And while more than 300 area churches may be providing spiritual sustenance to this town of 58,000 people, there's another institution that supplies it with economic nourishment.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Capable of flying only about the length of a football field, it relied on humans for transport—and sustenance.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
This provides an immense source of sustenance for animals, similar to how hydrothermal vents create their own ecosystems on the ocean floor.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
I do not know what life will be like, separated from a faction—it feels disengaged, like a leaf divided from the tree that gives it sustenance.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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