live on

phrasal verb

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

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While the pair ultimately went their separate ways, their relationship lived on in their collaborations. Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 Even your new build might have captured the essence of an Indigenous person, who lived on this land, well before Europeans settled Kentucky in the 18th century. Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025 His memory lives on in Max’s Kansas City Project, a nonproft that provides emergency funding for struggling artists. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025 Lanna has always worked the shop floors and the fitting rooms, fetching sizes and offering recommendations to shoppers keen to touch and try on the brand that lives on their IG feeds and Pinterest boards, and on celebrities from Rosalia to Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner to Lily Rose-Depp. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 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 19 Oct. 2025.

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