life-sustaining
adjective
: helping someone or something to stay alive : supporting or extending life
life-sustaining medical treatment
The storm brought life-sustaining rain/water to the farms.
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Due to life-sustaining medications that her mother needs, Savannah also admitted that there’s a high chance Nancy has already died.
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
Nancy Guthrie has mobility issues and needs life-sustaining medications, and authorities believe she was taken against her will from her Tucson area home.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Alas, the bunker is destroyed, and the Garritys (Nathan this time is played by Roman Griffin Davis) wind up in the wilderness again, now trying to make their way to Western Europe, where rumors have emerged of a stable, life-sustaining ecosystem growing inside Clarke’s giant crater.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Separately, patients may consent to the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment, allowing death to occur from the underlying illness.
—Dr. Jeffrey Singer, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
Nancy Guthrie has mobility issues and needs life-sustaining medications, and authorities believe she was taken against her will from her Tucson area home.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Alas, the bunker is destroyed, and the Garritys (Nathan this time is played by Roman Griffin Davis) wind up in the wilderness again, now trying to make their way to Western Europe, where rumors have emerged of a stable, life-sustaining ecosystem growing inside Clarke’s giant crater.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Separately, patients may consent to the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment, allowing death to occur from the underlying illness.
—Dr. Jeffrey Singer, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for life-sustaining
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“Life-sustaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-sustaining. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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