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Although they provide a living for thousands of people, agriculture and tourism account for relatively small parts of both the Israeli or Palestinian economies.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

No population alive today is a perfect model of the past, but groups like the Hadza, who continue these traditions, provide a living example of how these systems work.

From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022

A job should, at the very least, provide a living wage, safe working conditions, sick leave, and health and disability insurance, said Jay Spence, psychologist and chief product officer at Uprise Health in Irvine, Calif.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

It requires a stretch of the imagination to think that all 50 states are going to somehow get enough money together to provide a living wage to child care workers.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2021

It had been impossible to maintain the productive capacity of the land at a level high enough to provide a living for the tillers of the soil.

From The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction by Bradley, Harriett




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