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subsistence

[suhb-sis-tuhns] / səbˈsɪs təns /


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According to the chamber, materials excluded from the guidelines include shearling, vintage fur and fur obtained "by indigenous communities through traditional subsistence hunting practices".

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

State Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond described his childhood subsistence on food stamps, free school lunches and surplus government cheese.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

In the South, entire families worked long hours for subsistence wages in company-owned villages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Together, these remains point to a balanced subsistence strategy that combined fishing, hunting, gathering, and farming.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Most of them only see the ungiving soil from which a man must wrestle his subsistence and the barriers that shut him out from the world.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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