Examples of living standard in a Sentence
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As living standards improved, Scutari’s appalling death rate began to decline.
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Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Higher labor productivity is the key driver of higher living standards.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
Time and time again, research – and reality – show that raising fast-food workers’ pay in California will only lead to higher living standards for workers and a more equitable economy.
—Justin Wiltshire, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Billions of people in Asia hope that the now-decades long increase in living standards continues.
—Fang Ruan, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
That living standard, however, varies from city to town and from state to state.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024
At international conferences, rich countries have pledged to help poorer, lower-emitting ones to raise their living standards sustainably with renewable energy, but the money has fallen short.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
High food prices will prevail, deterioration in living standards and serious health problems will continue.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Instead of facing up to the problems of, for example, war, declining living standards, environmental damage, and climate change, right-wing leaders whip up hysteria about threats to patriarchy, traditional families, and heterosexuality.
—Katha Pollitt, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Higher labor productivity is the key driver of higher living standards.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
Time and time again, research – and reality – show that raising fast-food workers’ pay in California will only lead to higher living standards for workers and a more equitable economy.
—Justin Wiltshire, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Billions of people in Asia hope that the now-decades long increase in living standards continues.
—Fang Ruan, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
That living standard, however, varies from city to town and from state to state.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024
At international conferences, rich countries have pledged to help poorer, lower-emitting ones to raise their living standards sustainably with renewable energy, but the money has fallen short.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
High food prices will prevail, deterioration in living standards and serious health problems will continue.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Instead of facing up to the problems of, for example, war, declining living standards, environmental damage, and climate change, right-wing leaders whip up hysteria about threats to patriarchy, traditional families, and heterosexuality.
—Katha Pollitt, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Living standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20standard. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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