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Recent Examples of sustenance
Locally sourced food trucks like Tamale Shoppe and the Phoenix Culinary Collective offered up delicious and eco-friendly sustenance, while readily available water refill stations and a robust composting system minimized waste.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2024
To declare there is no sustenance in the past is of course a half- lie.
—Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
The pious townspeople eat food for sustenance, not enjoyment, and for over a decade Babette dutifully prepares a rather drab-looking bread soup for the sisters, per their instructions.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
If sea ice is scarce or food is unavailable, a hungry bear might approach humans or settlements in search of sustenance.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2024
To declare there is no sustenance in the past is of course a half- lie.
—Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
The pious townspeople eat food for sustenance, not enjoyment, and for over a decade Babette dutifully prepares a rather drab-looking bread soup for the sisters, per their instructions.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
If sea ice is scarce or food is unavailable, a hungry bear might approach humans or settlements in search of sustenance.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sustenance
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“Sustenance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustenance. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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