subsist

Example Sentences

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Per capita disposable income in cities is less than $700 a month, while in the countryside as many as several hundred million people subsist on just a few dollars each day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Those who subsist on the fringes of the Vegas tourism orbit are aware that they are in a funk but are nonetheless powerless to fix it.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

Famine has already been declared in one area - many others subsist on the brink of starvation not knowing where their next meal will come from.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

I remember thinking that I could pretty much subsist on baguette, cheese and wine.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

She began to subsist on a diet of raita and Triscuits.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri