How to Use poverty line in a Sentence

poverty line

noun
  • Half the kids in our upstate cities live below the poverty line.
    — Vogue, 19 Mar. 2018
  • In most cities, more than a quarter live below the poverty line.
    — CBS News, 1 May 2020
  • Still, about 1 in 4 home-care aides live below the poverty line.
    — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
  • In a way, the brains of startup founders and those below poverty lines work in the same way.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Six million of those people fell under the poverty line in the past three months alone.
    — Rachael Zisk, Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
  • In the meantime, Mallinson is forced to live below the poverty line.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2021
  • The three women in the book happen to be straight, white and living above the poverty line.
    — Lea Carpenter, Time, 27 June 2019
  • In 1969, about one-third of blacks lived below the poverty line.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018
  • But many of the families are struggling, with more than half below the poverty line.
    — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
  • And more than 60 percent had income at or below the poverty line.
    — Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Half of the Lebanese are now living below the poverty line, and there is little hope in sight.
    — TheWeek, 10 Oct. 2020
  • More than 55 percent of the country lives below the poverty line.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2017
  • One in three people in Athens County fall below the poverty line.
    — Sheridan Hendrix, Cincinnati.com, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Many folks who live close to the poverty line didn’t have to pay a dime in premiums, which goes a long way in getting covered.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022
  • More than 40 percent of the island lives below the poverty line, and tens of thousands are now out of work.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017
  • About 25 percent of those 60 and older live under the poverty line.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2020
  • That’s about $800 more than the federal poverty line for a family of two.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Around a third of the country lives under the poverty line, according to the World Bank.
    — Tamara Qiblawi and Nada Altaher, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The Westerners tend to live a bit closer to both nature and the poverty line, and a whole lot farther from town.
    — Justin Taylor, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • An unimaginable 97 percent of Afghans may fall below the poverty line by the end of the year.
    — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2022
  • No one -- no one working 40 hours a week, no one working 40 hours a week should live below the poverty line.
    — ABC News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • About 40% of Puerto Ricans live at or below the poverty line.
    — Anisha Kohli, Time, 17 Dec. 2022
  • In Mayotte, 77% of its people live below the French poverty line.
    — Ken Silverstein, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Today, the city is 90% Black and 40% of people live below the poverty line.
    — Leah Willingham, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The federal poverty line is updated every year, and varies depending on the size of the household.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Over half of west Fresno lives below the poverty line, while the rest of Fresno hovers around 27%.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Recent legislative efforts to update the federal poverty line have failed.
    — Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The federal poverty line for a single adult regardless of age is $15,060.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
  • More than 30% of people in those countries already live below the extreme poverty line, defined as living on $3 or less a day.
    — David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • For this expansion, residents will still need to have a household income at or below 185% of the federal poverty line to qualify.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026

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