lifeline
Example Sentences
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Most of India’s highest tariffs are intended to protect its agriculture sector, which is the economic lifeline for more than 250 million people in the country of 1.4 billion.
During the financial crisis, he famously used Berkshire’s financial strength to throw lifelines to companies including Goldman Sachs and General Electric.
Throughout December, Russian strikes have homed in on Odesa, the chief hub for Ukraine’s grain exports and its economic lifeline to the rest of world.
Regular meet-ups with children at a Portadown primary school have provided "a lifeline" for some elderly residents of nearby retirement housing.
From BBC
"This case involves critical national core technologies vital to Taiwan's industrial lifeline," the high prosecutors' office said at the time.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
