living standard
Americannoun
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living standards
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of living standard
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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It suggested the cost of a minimum retirement living standard for a one-person household has decreased by £1,000 a year to £13,400.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
Despite efforts to align income, employees in former East Germany still make less money and have a lower living standard.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023
A whopping 96% felt their living standard was better than their parents' at the same age.
From Reuters ● Jan. 18, 2023
The poll found that 42% of adults find it very or somewhat likely that today’s youth “will have a better living standard, better homes, a better education and so on.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
So tenuous was the colony's ability to maintain an adequate and healthful living standard, that the destructive and disrupting impact of the massacre brought a period of severe famine and sickness.
From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Thomas Proctor Hughes
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