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subsistences
1
a situation in which one has just enough money or food to survive
- The workers earned barely enough for subsisten
- Many people in the rural area rely on fishing for their subsistence.
- Farming provided only subsistence, leaving no surplus for savings.
- The artist lived a life of subsistence, focusing more on his passion than profit.
- The family struggled to maintain subsistence on their small farm.
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a source for getting basic necessities in order to survive
3
the state of existing in reality; having substance