standard of living
Example Sentences
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That helped workers achieve the largest rise in their standard of living in U.S. history.
Still, standards of living and luck are also revealing a stark contrast between how quickly some Rolling Fork residents will put their lives back together compared with others.
From Washington Post
As the Yale economist Robert Mendelsohn puts it, the problem of the future is how to create a 19th-century carbon footprint without backsliding into a 19th-century standard of living.
From New York Times
About half of those polled also said it’s hard for them to improve their own standards of living, with many citing both economic conditions and structural factors.
From Seattle Times
With inflation still high, weaker wage growth will mean that more workers will find their standard of living slipping.
From New York Times
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