standard of living
Example Sentences
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The perceived threat to their jobs and standard of living has added to Americans’ anxieties about the job market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
A recent report suggested more than three-quarters of workers are set to miss out on a moderate standard of living in later life.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Extracting oil and gas could be dirty and dangerous but huge profits drove up wages, property prices and the standard of living in north-east Scotland.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
If you haven’t figured it out, the main export of the U.S. is our standard of living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Why would any sane person lower his or her standard of living just to multiply the number of copies of the Homo sapiens genome?
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
