livelihoods

noun

plural of livelihood
as in livings
a way of earning money in order to live Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.

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Recent Examples of livelihoods Abdullatif had a message to those who invaded his family's privacy and livelihoods. — Lesley Marin, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Some 27 percent of respondents noted a desire for support in leveraging digital spaces as platforms for jobs, livelihoods, entrepreneurship and economic participation. — Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The ban, however, wiped out a crop that provided a large share of rural income, without real alternative livelihoods, and in some cases, through force. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 Many of their concerns focused on how the bill would affect their livelihoods or cultural practices. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026 So if the new leadership were to change its strategy around licensing third-party content, or if some of those cable channels were closed or sold, that could really take a bite out of members’ livelihoods. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026 Days of heavy monsoon rain has caused rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow that inundated communities while disrupting livelihoods and damaging infrastructure. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 This is a foundational arrangement for sustaining North Korean livelihoods and stabilizing China’s northeastern border. — Zheng Jiyong, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026 But people should not be forced to abandon their homes, livelihoods, cultures, and communities because heat has become impossible to endure. — Kathy Baughman McLeod, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
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  1. businesses
  2. enterprises
  3. trades
  4. jobs
Noun
  • Investors naturally gravitate toward businesses that are easy to admire.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In practice, Mamdani, who claims to loathe oligarchy and big business, is asking Amazon to destroy over 40 small businesses and subsume their economic power.
    — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of businesses
Noun
  • This strategic move aims to provide enterprises with a unified solution for finding, running, authorizing, and auditing AI agent tools, crucial for production deployments.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The effort aims to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party capital for hyperscalers, frontier AI labs and enterprises to build out data centers and acquire Nvidia hardware.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of enterprises
Noun
  • The Giants got significantly younger after making five trades that sent away six major leaguers at last week’s trade deadline.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Over time, as players bluff, bargain, and make increasingly dubious trades, trust starts to erode, more and more adverse selection happens — and the game descends into a kind of joyful chaos.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of trades
Noun
  • The Republican nominee also said the work agreements that allow many state employees to perform their jobs remotely need reform as well.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • While the good-paying white-collar jobs in the ‘burbs are getting slashed, the substantial workforce Capital One inherited from Discover in the city of Chicago largely has been spared.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of jobs

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