Recent Examples on the WebThe good news is that many types of cancer are now survivable for years if not decades, the quality of life for survivors has improved markedly and there are ways to improve the odds.—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024 In that magical land, also known as Netflix, adolescence for people like him is not only survivable but often a lovefest, all closet doors blown off their hinges.—Jesse Green, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024 Most accidents are survivable for the majority of people on the airplane.—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024 Poor hygiene and medicine shortages spell more complications and amputations on existing injuries, some of which may not be survivable, doctors say.—NBC News, 7 Jan. 2024 When the plagiarism allegations against Gay arose, the campaign against her went from being something survivable into something that wasn’t.—Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024 Purity is commendable but increasingly not survivable.—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023 However, after one hospital committee approved the procedure, a higher-level panel felt that each condition was potentially survivable on its own, so Shannon’s case did not meet the criteria for termination under Alabama law.—Abigail Wilpers, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023 This is in large part because the U.S. nuclear force already contains a huge amount of survivable destructive potential.—Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2023
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