How to Use cost of living in a Sentence

cost of living

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• That decrease comes as wages have grown — even during the pandemic — and the cost of living here has remained relatively low.
  — Lucille Sherman, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
• She also was asked a couple of questions about the high cost of living, as Trump and his allies have hammered the Biden administration on inflation.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
• But the need is greater now because of the rising cost of living.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024
• Rent can be increased 5% plus the change in the local cost of living.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• The latest cost of living increase was 3% over the last 12 months.
  — David Lightman, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024
• Among the reasons given: lack of support from the city and state, and cost of living.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
• But the Facebook post doesn't show a protest related to the cost of living.
  — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
• There is more to the cost of living than state income taxes.
  — Nancy L. Anderson, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• Here's a breakdown of how the cost of living in these three cities compares with the nation.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• Of course, paychecks have also grown over the past two years — but not by as much as the cost of living.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• The rise is surprising in part because the cost of living in the borough has soared.
  — Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• The union has also pushed hard for a 14% hike in union minimums in year one of the deal, in a nod to the rising cost of living.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 July 2023
• With the cost of living in the US steadily on the rise pulling in extra money is on the top many Americans’ minds.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 28 May 2024
• Trump then pivoted to his talking points about the cost of living.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
• This step will help a subset of workers but does nothing to address the high cost of living.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
• Workers protesting Tuesday said their wages no longer kept up with the cost of living.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Union members argue that the raise was not enough to make up for the skyrocketing cost of living.
  — Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 13 Sep. 2024
• The cost of living in New York has gone up sharply, food, student loans are kicking back in, everything is up.
  — Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• The cost of living in the ACC should be comparable for Cal, if not more expensive.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
• Many immigrants settled south of the city for its cheaper cost of living.
  — Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• Since the pandemic, there’s been no shortage of tech workers moving out of the Bay Area to cities with a lower cost of living.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2023
• For nearly two years, worker pay in the U.S. has fallen short of crushing increases in the cost of living.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 4 May 2023
• People still want to live in California even with our high cost of living.
  — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• Helping to keep the cost of living down is the highly walkable downtown area—most folks who work downtown walk to work.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 24 June 2024
• While the overall cost of living in Aruba is slightly higher than in the U.S., rents are about 57 percent lower.
  — Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024
• Trainor said the cost of living in the region means that once a child care center is open, state reimbursements don’t reflect the true cost of care, and that needs to change.
  — Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
• There are still concerns for the future with San Diego’s cost of living increasing, Major said.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• The coalition rejected that offer, saying such a raise proposal fails to keep up with the cost of living.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• The survey highlighted one problem most of us agree on: The cost of living in California is too high.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Most Arizona cities ranked in the upper half of the ranking, but most performed poorly in the cost of living category.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024