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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
Writers, bloggers, YouTube vloggers, musicians, and journalists have all helped feed the LLMs that are now threatening to destroy—or at least fundamentally change—their livelihoods.
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David Pakman, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Which leads to the discussion of how yet another emerging technology might give creators the means to protect themselves and their livelihoods against the threat of synthetic AI.
—David Pakman, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
In recent weeks, Israeli airstrikes have hit Beirut and other areas of the country, drawing increasingly closer to–and even within– the nation’s wine regions (the majority of which are located in the north and east), Lebanese winemakers worry once again for their safety and livelihoods.
—Christina Pickard, Bon Appétit, 3 Oct. 2024
Many families whose livelihoods had been devastated in the pandemic needed that income.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
This eliminates intermediaries, empowers businesses, improves livelihoods and reduces transportation costs.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Dairy helps support the livelihoods and food needs of billions of people, including many of the most vulnerable, so today’s answer can’t simply be saying no to this global source of nutrition.
—Amanda Leland, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
The consequences are stark for local people who rely on the rivers for food, medicine, livelihoods and transport, said André Guimarães, executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
The effect of such legislation has been particularly deleterious for the local Arab farmers, who rely on agriculture for their livelihoods.
—Zena Agha, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2018
David Pakman, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Which leads to the discussion of how yet another emerging technology might give creators the means to protect themselves and their livelihoods against the threat of synthetic AI.
—David Pakman, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
In recent weeks, Israeli airstrikes have hit Beirut and other areas of the country, drawing increasingly closer to–and even within– the nation’s wine regions (the majority of which are located in the north and east), Lebanese winemakers worry once again for their safety and livelihoods.
—Christina Pickard, Bon Appétit, 3 Oct. 2024
Many families whose livelihoods had been devastated in the pandemic needed that income.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
This eliminates intermediaries, empowers businesses, improves livelihoods and reduces transportation costs.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Dairy helps support the livelihoods and food needs of billions of people, including many of the most vulnerable, so today’s answer can’t simply be saying no to this global source of nutrition.
—Amanda Leland, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
The consequences are stark for local people who rely on the rivers for food, medicine, livelihoods and transport, said André Guimarães, executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
The effect of such legislation has been particularly deleterious for the local Arab farmers, who rely on agriculture for their livelihoods.
—Zena Agha, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2018
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“Livelihoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livelihoods. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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