life savings
Example Sentences
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In the absence of a thriving retail stock market, the life savings of two or three generations are poured into housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The woman told Santander she was depressed and did not know how she could stop working after losing her life savings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Her life savings are tied up in a two-storey house in the planned development area, surrounded by ornamental and fruit trees.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Employees often evaluate the stock based on its past growth rather than acknowledging the risk of having their paycheck and life savings tied to the same company.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Pilar Ternera had paid her fifty pesos, half of her life savings, to do what she was doing.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
