subsistence
Example Sentences
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Together, these remains point to a balanced subsistence strategy that combined fishing, hunting, gathering, and farming.
From Science Daily
In the South, entire families worked long hours for subsistence wages in company-owned villages.
She said the extra amount - £23,000 - was for travel and subsistence costs which covered flights to and from Turkey, hotel accommodation, and general subsistence costs.
From BBC
The father-of-three tells the BBC he is too afraid to return to subsistence farming because "the insurgents are still lurking. Just yesterday, they abducted over 10 people".
From BBC
Its agro-ecological diversity is critical for subsistence farming and staple food crops, such as avocados, cassava and maize, as well as export products like cocoa, coffee, bananas and cotton.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
