standard of living

Example Sentences

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"Mortgages aren't cheap, your standard of living isn't cheap," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 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

During his lifetime, Malthus’s prediction that more people would necessarily lead to a decline in the standard of living proved incorrect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Here, the standard of living refers to the ability to afford goods and services as well as carry out household tasks and manage finances.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 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