the living

noun

: people who are alive
the living and the dead
The world belongs to the living.

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Police entered the home on a welfare check and noticed blood smeared on the walls and furniture scattered across the living room. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 Not a recycling, but a continuation—a long communion with the dead, the living, and the yet-to-be born. Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025 In the first song on this more than 29-minute playlist, JJ and his friends don skeleton costumes and create a silly dance in the living room. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 17 Oct. 2025 Two dogs came into the living room to inspect the uproar, mutts from the reservation. Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the living

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“The living.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20living. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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