living standard

noun

Examples of living standard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Britain has suffered years of lackluster economic growth, low levels of business investment and only tepid improvements in living standards. Hanna Ziady, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 Have living standards actually improved for everyone over the past few decades? Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024 The rich would stay rich, while everyone else’s living standards would decline. Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 July 2024 Critics were especially worried by the prospect of trade hurting American jobs and living standards. Leon Fink, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for living standard 

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Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of living standard was in 1896

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“Living standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20standard. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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