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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Together our work shows how a particular type of condensate forms in cells with a life-sustaining function.
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Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Friends, neighbors and strangers extend support, from warm embraces to donations of food, blankets and other life-sustaining goods.
—Julie Garel, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
Officials said primary focus will be given to customers who rely on electricity for critical life-sustaining equipment.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
The annual flooding brought silt and fertile soil to parts of the desert, an essential and life-sustaining tradition the Egyptians counted on every year.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 July 2024
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Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Friends, neighbors and strangers extend support, from warm embraces to donations of food, blankets and other life-sustaining goods.
—Julie Garel, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
Officials said primary focus will be given to customers who rely on electricity for critical life-sustaining equipment.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
The annual flooding brought silt and fertile soil to parts of the desert, an essential and life-sustaining tradition the Egyptians counted on every year.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 July 2024
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“Life-sustaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-sustaining. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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