source of sustenance

collocation in English

meaningsofsourceandsustenance

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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sustenance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsʌs.tən.əns/us
/ˈsʌs.tən.əns/
food:
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(Definition ofsourceandsustenancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It cuts down on poaching and gives asourceofsustenanceto the local population.
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It must, though, be clear to anyone that our primarysourceofsustenance, on which we depend for our existence more than on anything else, needs to be protected.
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As such, they had no need for a structured economy, as they relied on their own homesteads as theirsourceofsustenance.
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The replacement of natural habitats by modern cities and the extravagance of their human occupants have provided a richsourceofsustenancefor many.
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Fishing is still a majorsourceofsustenanceand income for its residents.
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These primitive feelings are reawakened by later events, especially those reminiscent of unwanted or abrupt separations from asourceofsustenance.
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The villages, where agriculture is the mainsourceofsustenance, have unique culture, tradition and folk arts.
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Because this group of marmosets primarily inhabits areas in which fungi are abundant, it tends to be a consistentsourceofsustenancethroughout the year.
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It will also have an impact on the water sources and ecosystems, thereby threatening the environment and the verysourceofsustenancefor indigenous peoples, it says.
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People experiencing emotional abandonment may feel at loss, cut off from a crucialsourceofsustenancethat has been withdrawn either suddenly or through a process of erosion.
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Pacific coastal groups of the period would have relied on fishing as the primesourceofsustenance.
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This is the moment—this moment of difficulty—which is chosen to end derating, which is one of the main supports and sources of sustenance of the shipping industry.
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Nevertheless, food shortages were more and more common and soldiers had to rely on finding their own sources of sustenance, some even resorting to eating their own horses.
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