live on

phrasal verb

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

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The food group is just so bad: General Mills and Conagra pop up; the latter lives on this low list. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025 New episodes of Critical Role can be watched live on Beacon, Twitch, and YouTube when Campaign 4 launches on Oct. 2. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2025 Japanese macaques live on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan. Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025 That’s one out of every 67 people on Earth—the vast majority of whom are desperate to contribute but forced to live on handouts or toil in society’s shadows. Charlie Campbell, Time, 1 Aug. 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 7 Aug. 2025.

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