provide a living
Example Sentences
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Although they provide a living for thousands of people, agriculture and tourism account for relatively small parts of both the Israeli or Palestinian economies.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024
No population alive today is a perfect model of the past, but groups like the Hadza, who continue these traditions, provide a living example of how these systems work.
From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022
It requires a stretch of the imagination to think that all 50 states are going to somehow get enough money together to provide a living wage to child care workers.
From Slate • Nov. 30, 2021
This means training workers to perform green jobs that provide a living wage and eliminate single-family zoning, particularly near transit systems, to increase housing supply that our communities need.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021
There is surely nothing more agreeable than the applause you speak of; but that incense does not provide a living.
From The Middle-Class Gentleman by Jones, Philip Dwight
