livelihood
Usage
Example Sentences
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Yet from that point on, he proved to be remarkably adaptable, maintaining his livelihood as a painter through religious and political turmoil aplenty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Moreover, Angwin says, the edits that Grammarly proposed under her name to a user were “terrible — so they weren’t just stealing my livelihood but ruining my reputation.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Disembarking in Egypt was an option, but meant leaving his luggage - including the racquets, kit and equipment which are his livelihood - with no guarantee when he would be reunited with it.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Financial infidelity is at least as damaging to a marriage and a couple’s livelihood as other kinds of secrecy and unfaithfulness.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
I liked the idea that no one would steal another person’s livelihood, even though they could do it in the dark of night, unseen.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
