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cost-of-living index
noun as in index of retail prices
Example Sentences
Boise comes in at 106, and Twin Falls, Idaho, is the cheapest in the Northwest with a cost-of-living index of 92.
All values are compared with the national cost-of-living index for major urban areas compiled by the council.
Each year, the agency produces a cost-of-living index that compares costs in the nation’s metro areas.
However, the unemployment insurance amounts were looked at in relation to the overall cost-of-living index for each state.
He advocates applying a cost-of-living index for annual inflation that better reflects the living costs of seniors than the standard consumer price index used now.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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