low-income
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A single mother with three children and no job at the time, she expected to be a shoo-in for a low-income apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones’s essay revisits her decision to send her daughter to mostly low-income and Black public schools, ten years later.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
Of this year’s pool, $123 million will go toward multi-family affordable housing with 40 or more units, and $115 million will go toward projects seeking low-income housing tax credits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The couple said the majority of people they first helped were from low-income households, but they were now seeing more working families needing support with everyday costs.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“You can’t just raise the UVA flag,” Blackburn said, packing up his materials at the end of the night, “and expect a lot of low-income kids to come out.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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