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Recent Examples of sustenance
To observe so soon into her life story that there is no sustenance in the past is to give the past an edge.
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Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
For humans, the entire comb is a bounty of sustenance and utility.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Spend time appreciating the change of season, where fall colors and smells burst onto the scene and woodland creatures make haste to squirrel away sustenance.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The trend will probably persist: Younger people are significantly more likely than older ones to report skipping meals, choosing instead to cobble together a day’s worth of sustenance piece by piece, away from the table.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
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Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
For humans, the entire comb is a bounty of sustenance and utility.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Spend time appreciating the change of season, where fall colors and smells burst onto the scene and woodland creatures make haste to squirrel away sustenance.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The trend will probably persist: Younger people are significantly more likely than older ones to report skipping meals, choosing instead to cobble together a day’s worth of sustenance piece by piece, away from the table.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Sustenance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustenance. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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