poverty
Usage
Example Sentences
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Advocates contend that minimum-wage hikes increase incomes and reduce poverty, but that depends.
However, over half of the population lives in poverty, according to World Bank figures.
From BBC
Immigration was a central theme of the address, with the pope pointing to migrants and refugees forced to flee their homes because of conflict, poverty and climate disasters.
From Salon
A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today’s America, sparking controversy.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, many Gen Alpha youths look to the Grinch for his views on “corruption or poverty or the oversaturation of commercialism,” Darnell said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
