standard of living

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A bad stretch at the wrong time can affect how long savings will last and reduce the standard of living a retiree can sustain.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Here, the standard of living refers to the ability to afford goods and services as well as carry out household tasks and manage finances.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Catholics there were unhappy with their fate, even if, in the postwar period, they enjoyed a better standard of living than their coreligionists in the south.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Some people are now returning to the area after stints in more expensive regions—in some cases bringing their salaries with them and immediately improving their standard of living.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Why would any sane person lower his or her standard of living just to multiply the number of copies of the Homo sapiens genome?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari