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live on

phrasal verb

lived on; living on; lives on
: to continue to exist
His legend lives on.

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Ingram is a boy, probably ten or so, who lives on a farm in rural Texas, where his parents force him to sleep in a shed. Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025 It’s been decades since Home Improvement ended, but Tim Allen’s iconic grunt lives on. Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025 In addition to the banquet, volunteers spent the afternoon delivering meals to senior citizens and distributing food to people living on the street. Monique John, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025 One of my favorite IKEA products is a plastic foldable phone stand that weighs next to nothing and lives on your keychain. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for live on

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“Live on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20on. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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