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  • noun Plural form of livelihood.

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Examples

  • The people who live here manage to extract livelihoods from the dead.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • The people who live here manage to extract livelihoods from the dead.

    Manila Living 2007

  • With well-designed monitoring and appropriate relief services that reinforce the coping strategies of the poor and support their long-term livelihoods, we can ensure that those still affected by drought can be identified and helped.

    ANC Agricultural Policy 1994

  • Military and civilian aid experts at a United Nations-backed meeting today emphasized the need for a peacekeepers and aid agencies to take a 'green' approach in their work to protect the environment and the long-term livelihoods of communities affected by conflict.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2009

  • Not only will the transition to a green economy not hurt America’s farmers, but it will save their livelihoods from the increasing threat of climate disruption, which impact the Brookings study did not model.

    Wonk Room » Brookings: Fears That Cap And Trade Will Hurt Farmers Are Baseless 2009

  • It’s disgusting that the culture which forced the police to jump through these ridiculous hoops to protect their livelihoods is now blaming them for – what?

    ACPO blames front-line cops for doing their job SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • It'll take books, bread, better livelihoods -- in other words, a civilian surge -- to convince the Afghan people to trust in their own government and not the Taliban for protection and progress.

    CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2009 2009

  • That will allow people to resume their livelihoods, which is the next most important thing after their emergency needs are met.

    CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2005 2005

  • UN) "There is a growing awareness of the need for action," said Steiner, "and momentum is now building to find ways of protecting the environment and the long-term livelihoods of affected communities."

    ENS 2009

  • Indonesia's 40 million poor who depend on healthy land and sea for their livelihoods will be the worst affected due to prolonged droughts, tropical cyclones and rising sea levels thanks to climate change.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2010

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