alive and well
idiom
1
: living and healthy
She found out that her aunt is alive and well and living in Arizona.
2
: still popular : continuing to be used
Many of the old traditions are still alive and well.
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Patients who received the erroneous letters can contact MaineHealth’s patient relations department to confirm their status — alive and well — and ensure their records remain accurate.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
His legacy is alive and well in the nightclubs of Recife, the capital city, where couples dance to forró’s distinctive ringing of triangles and humming zabumba drum until the early hours.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Between the Ralph Lauren aesthetic and the return of boat shoes, preppy style is alive and well in 2025.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
Here, Auggie is alive as a more decent person, and Chris’s younger brother Keith, who Chris accidentally killed in a childhood fight orchestrated by Auggie, is also alive and well and played by David Denman, fighting side by side with dad in superhero garb.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
His legacy is alive and well in the nightclubs of Recife, the capital city, where couples dance to forró’s distinctive ringing of triangles and humming zabumba drum until the early hours.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Between the Ralph Lauren aesthetic and the return of boat shoes, preppy style is alive and well in 2025.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
Here, Auggie is alive as a more decent person, and Chris’s younger brother Keith, who Chris accidentally killed in a childhood fight orchestrated by Auggie, is also alive and well and played by David Denman, fighting side by side with dad in superhero garb.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Alive and well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alive%20and%20well. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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