high living
Example Sentences
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Commentators have blamed slow economic growth, high living costs and a housing crisis that has made it difficult for young New Zealanders to get on the property ladder.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
In Japan, the government announced a fiscal stimulus package worth 2.8% of GDP in November aimed at alleviating high living costs and stimulating investments and military spending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Migrant workers and their families had tended to move just outside the capital, to avoid high living costs.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025
Especially for states like California, international migration is the difference between a growing or shrinking population, especially as many appear to be moving out of the state because of its high living costs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023
His enemies and doubters, however, said that this Gotama was an idle fraud; he passed his days in high living, scorned the sacrifices, was unlearned and knew neither practices nor mortification of the flesh.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
