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average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing)
a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation
How To Use cost of living In A Sentence
- Wage increases were eaten up by the rise in the cost of living.
- The fall in the cost of living is directly relevant to the drop in the prices of many industrial products and agricultural produce.
- The fall in the cost of living is directly relevant to the drop in the prices of many industrial products and agricultural produce.
- Although the cost of living was very much less than it is now, schoolteachers' salaries were modest.
- Union teachers might not get a cost of living increase, but they could negotiate with the local ice cream factory.
- The cost of living is soaring.
- a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation
- A pro-growth atmosphere, relatively low cost of living and sunny climate draw businesses in droves.
- The fall in the cost of living is directly relevant to the drop in the prices of many industrial products and agricultural produce.
- According to the hypothesis of some economists, increased wages may give rist to the high cost of living.
