living standards
- plural of living standard.
Example Sentences
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Deutsche Bank publishes a report every summer, “Mapping The World,” in which the bank compares 69 different cities across six continents to compare costs and living standards.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Still, he too worries about inflation and eroding living standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
In a bid to reassure the financial markets, he said his plans would be backed by "the stability that comes from sound public finances", promising a "10 year mission to raise people's living standards".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
"People can't wait 10 years," he told the GB News television station, after Burnham promised "a 10-year mission to raise living standards across the land".
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
By this argument, belief in demonic magic ought not to have declined until there was a general improvement in living standards, and perhaps not until the development of the welfare state.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
