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“My dad had a house in Chico, so I had somewhere to go. A lot of people were living in tents at Walmart.”

Rosbeli Flores-Bello, Ibarra's former roommate, testified that the two had travelled together from New York City, where they had been living in a migrant shelter, to Georgia in search of work.

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"Too many social homes have been sold off before they can be replaced, which has directly contributed to the worst housing crisis in living memory," said Rayner.

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The broad informal learning network in hunter-gatherer societies is made possible by intimate living conditions.

In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy than children.

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What are other ways to say living?

Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one’s living; to threaten one’s livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of knitting hats. Maintenance refers usually to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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