low-income
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“It’s also now well understood that longer lives aren’t equally distributed. The rich are living much longer than in the past, while low-income Americans are seeing much smaller improvements to longevity,” Biggs said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
Concern for the wages of low-income workers didn’t mean, however, that voters would forever set aside qualms about the rising cost of living.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
If a state agency is facing staffing shortages and struggling to comply with new regulations, it will be harder for low-income families to access the benefits, Bergh said.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
But like Locke, their students are almost exclusively from low-income families and their scores have improved more than Locke’s in the last three years.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
And within months of her starting the job, tragedy struck: Harold Washington abruptly had a heart attack and died at his desk, thirty minutes after holding a press conference about low-income housing.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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