poorer

Example Sentences

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While poorer consumers struggle to budget for higher energy prices, their higher-income peers feel bolstered by stock market gains.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

By helping cancer cells repair this damage, MYC may contribute to treatment resistance and poorer outcomes for patients.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Wealthy countries will respond by diversifying supply, strengthening buffers and accelerating alternatives, while poorer ones will often be forced to choose what is cheapest rather than most secure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Segura’s appointment also followed a Times investigation into extreme heat’s deadly toll, which found that California chronically undercounts heat deaths, and that heat impacts disproportionately affect poorer neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

It was a street in one of the poorer quarters, where there was an open market which was generally crowded and noisy.

From "1984" by George Orwell