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low-income

American  
[loh-in-kuhm] / ˈloʊˈɪn kʌm /

adjective

  1. of or relating to those with a relatively small income.


Example Sentences

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The growing divide between the fortunes of small and large businesses mirrors the divide that has emerged over the past year between low-income Americans and their high-income counterparts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bill Witte is retiring after running Related California, a large-scale developer of both luxury and low-income apartments, for more than three decades.

From Los Angeles Times

Related is also building a housing project for low-income families and seniors called Alveare in downtown Los Angeles’s South Park neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times

Our Alveare project that just started in construction has 105 affordable units for low- and extremely low-income families, got $10 million from the city’s ULA funds.

From Los Angeles Times

California led the nation in 2020, outlawing a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees.

From Los Angeles Times