way of life
idiom
1
: the habits, customs, and beliefs of a particular person or group of people
Unhampered development is threatening these farmers' way of life.
2
: an important activity, job, etc., that affects all parts of someone's life
For me, tennis is not just a sport, it's a way of life.
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What Belkin is doing has become a way of life for connected device makers, suggesting that these companies are getting too comfortable with selling people products and then reducing those products' functionality later.
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ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
And yet, there is a continued fascination with the upper-class way of life, with elements of that familiar TikTok trend of hashtag-Old Money becoming ever more present in recent collections.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
My father’s family hails from the American South, where tobacco was a way of life.
—Libby Buck
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Neanderthals, on the other hand, would have continued with their way of life and lived isolated from modern humans.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
And yet, there is a continued fascination with the upper-class way of life, with elements of that familiar TikTok trend of hashtag-Old Money becoming ever more present in recent collections.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
My father’s family hails from the American South, where tobacco was a way of life.
—Libby Buck
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Neanderthals, on the other hand, would have continued with their way of life and lived isolated from modern humans.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for way of life
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“Way of life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/way%20of%20life. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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