lifeblood
Example Sentences
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Energy exports are the lifeblood of the Russian economy.
That is part of the lifeblood of the state’s culture, cuisine, commerce and sense of possibility, and those students are now our teachers, nurses, physicians, engineers, entrepreneurs and tech whizzes.
From Los Angeles Times
Investment, the lifeblood of economic growth, logged the worst decline in decades in recent months.
From Barron's
Investment, the lifeblood of economic growth, logged the worst decline in decades in recent months.
From Barron's
Investment, the lifeblood of economic growth, logged the worst decline in decades in recent months.
From Barron's
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