subsistence lifestyle

collocation in English

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subsistence
noun[U]
uk
/səbˈsɪs.təns/us
/səbˈsɪs.təns/
the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but ...
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lifestyle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/us
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/
someone's way of living; the things that a person or particular group of people ...
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(Definition ofsubsistenceandlifestylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The indigenous people are dependent on the environment to provide asubsistencelifestyle.
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Greek farmers lived under asubsistencelifestyleand were frequently subject to crop failures.
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A small number of people live far off in the hills, some living a moresubsistencelifestyle.
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Residents rely heavily on asubsistencelifestyle, hunting and gathering much of their food.
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The indigenous population at the time numbered about 5,000 people, most of whom lived asubsistencelifestylein coastal villages.
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Little is known of the initial settlers of this region, but there is some evidence that the people initially cultivated asubsistencelifestyle.
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Dugong, turtle, crayfish, crabs, shellfish, reef fish and wild fruits and vegetables were all traditionally hunted and collected and remain an important part of theirsubsistencelifestyle.
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The poor lived in crowded conditions and could not isolate the sick, and had weaker immunities from a lacking diet and difficultsubsistencelifestyleas well as sanitation.
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At the time the population was dedicated primarily to asubsistencelifestyle, with some small cultivation of grapes for the production of wine, and an active fishery.
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These play a vital role in the subsistence lifestyles of many peninsula residents and ease travel, hunting, and fishing.
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Traditionally, woodcraft pertains to subsistence lifestyles, with implications of hunting-gathering.
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