standard of living

Example Sentences

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Extracting oil and gas could be dirty and dangerous but huge profits drove up wages, property prices and the standard of living in north-east Scotland.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

"Mortgages aren't cheap, your standard of living isn't cheap," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

If you haven’t figured it out, the main export of the U.S. is our standard of living.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

During his lifetime, Malthus’s prediction that more people would necessarily lead to a decline in the standard of living proved incorrect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

He built brick houses for his workers, hired a teacher for the school, and raised the standard of living of everyone on his lands.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende