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also liveable
as in inhabitable
suitable for living in
after we added some furniture and painted the walls, the apartment was livable
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Recent Examples of livable
What does this look like beyond livable wages?
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Adele Stafford, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2025
Masi acknowledges that a ban on service charges and gratuities might hurt the wallets of restaurant workers, but adds that a livable wage is the restaurant’s responsibility — not the diner’s.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Roan, who received the Grammy for Best New Artist, got up to the podium and called out the record industry for not supporting emerging artists with necessities like a livable wage and health insurance.
—Rachel Sonis, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Eliminating income taxes for those under $150,000 removes the pressure for companies to provide livable wages.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Adele Stafford, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2025
Masi acknowledges that a ban on service charges and gratuities might hurt the wallets of restaurant workers, but adds that a livable wage is the restaurant’s responsibility — not the diner’s.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Roan, who received the Grammy for Best New Artist, got up to the podium and called out the record industry for not supporting emerging artists with necessities like a livable wage and health insurance.
—Rachel Sonis, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Eliminating income taxes for those under $150,000 removes the pressure for companies to provide livable wages.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for livable
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“Livable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livable. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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