the living

noun

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

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Back upstairs in the living room and hallways, art was stacked, leaning against the walls, and in a bedroom and home office, piles and piles of books spoke to a lifetime of collecting by someone with a wide-ranging and curious mind. Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 Firefighters arrived to find smoke filling the living room. Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 6 May 2026 Inside the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht, audiences will be transported to the living room in Cohen’s Harlem apartment — the comradery and the comfort. Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 5 May 2026 In the living room, Rapp tried on some dresses for Potter. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 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 13 May. 2026.

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