How to Use survivorship in a Sentence

survivorship

noun
  • And these are all things that patients in survivorship struggle with.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And in the event that they are struck, there's a higher likelihood of survivorship.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Work on your coping strategies and create a survivorship care plan.
    Jennifer Welsh Published, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Then there’s survivorship bias; what about all the people who jumped ship, went all in with the shiny object and didn’t win big?
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • My financial planner says the rules on survivorship have changed.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Even so, the law provided at least one strong protection for the wife — survivorship.
    Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • In reality, experts say survivorship is its own phase of care.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026
  • Both in general, and because of survivorship bias.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Those who are expelled may feel a sense of betrayal, while those who remain can be consumed by the guilt of survivorship.
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Please share your cancer survivorship story using the form below.
    NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The rising rates also raise questions about what happens to younger patients in survivorship.
    Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • In a world seen through the forgiving lens of survivorship bias, most mutual funds and tech stocks may be above average.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2010
  • When a spouse passes away and the spouses owned their home with right of survivorship, should the surviving spouse go to probate to sell the house?
    Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2022
  • The fine print stipulates a right of refusal, right of survivorship and, of course, a perpetuity clause.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 18 June 2022
  • The survivorship program is about looking ahead, looking forward.
    Nancy Shohet West, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • At the beginning of the game, Rugai announces each survivor’s name and the length of her survivorship.
    Eliza Fawcett, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019
  • In the joint tenants with rights of survivorship arrangement, on the death of one tenant, the survivor will, by law, own the entire house.
    Benny L. Kass, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The responsible thing is usually to choose survivorship rights, even though the payout will be lower.
    Neal Templin, WSJ, 3 June 2021
  • Assets held in two names do not automatically mean there is a right of survivorship — it must be stated in writing.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the case-study protagonists who come through Stanford reflect the survivorship bias of entrepreneurs who have made it.
    Andy Dunn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • If the account holders are joint tenants with right of survivorship, then the other holders become the owners of the account.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2020
  • As the population of kids who beat cancer grows, health experts are calling for more emphasis on survivorship care.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The triumph of self-abjection serves as a soothing narrative hook in a certain species of female-survivorship tale.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Natural foods such as acorns, skunk cabbage and grubs are abundant and bears’ reproductive success and the survivorship of cubs are both high.
    Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Each population has its own pressures, and must strike its own balance between factors such as birthweight and survivorship.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2011
  • The increase in survivorship was greatest in people with severe obesity.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Fortunately, there’s a model for survivorship management that comes from the cancer world.
    Hil Moss Reprints, STAT, 17 Feb. 2021
  • That is what Mitchell and Trask were doing, along with a palpable and surely timeless embrace of survivorship.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
  • Adding yourself as a co-owner, with right of survivorship, or as a convenience signer on your child’s bank account(s) is also recommended.
    Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The two options are tenants in common — where each owns an indivisible half of the property — or joint tenants with rights of survivorship.
    Benny L. Kass, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018

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