subsistence level
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the minimum level of income or resources needed to survive
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- Most of the population lives at subsistence level.
- The aid organization aims to lift families above the subsistence level.
- Many people in developing countries struggle to reach even a subsistence level of income.
- The government's new policy hopes to ensure that no citizen falls below the subsistence level.
- Their farming practices only allowed them to live at a subsistence level.
- After the disaster, survivors were left with only the bare essentials for subsistence level living.
- Economic hardship forces many to work for wages that barely keep them at a subsistence level.
- The report highlights the critical need for resources to move beyond subsistence level for marginalized communities.
- Historically, entire communities survived at a subsistence level through traditional methods.
- It is a global challenge to provide opportunities for people to rise above a subsistence level.