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as in to be
to have life
Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece
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as in operating
being in effective operation
didn't realize that the microphone was live and proceeded to make some rather indiscreet comments
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as in breathing
having or showing life
there is a tank of live lobsters sitting at the front of the restaurant
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Recent Examples of live
Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
More people living downtown means more people out and about, coming home from work or going out to eat and shop nearby.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 29 May 2026
From there, Grohl became something of a live fixture — a beloved Foos adjunct performer.
—Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
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Verb
Named after Effie Yeaw, a Sacramento educator and conservationist, the center is a living legacy to Yeaw’s commitment to curiosity, learning and stewardship of the natural world, according to the center’s website.
—Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
More people living downtown means more people out and about, coming home from work or going out to eat and shop nearby.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Adjective
The venue – considered the pinnacle of live success – was notable enough.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 29 May 2026
From there, Grohl became something of a live fixture — a beloved Foos adjunct performer.
—Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for live
Verb
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Carpenter requested that her sister, Sarah, and her sister’s boyfriend, guitarist George Smith, be added to the protection order as well since the couple reside in her Los Angeles home.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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The backstory The property opened in March 2015 as the first hotel of the 1 Hotels brand founded by Barry Sternlight, and resides in the former Gansevoort Hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Today, there are nearly 100 million people descended from those immigrants, and a visit really brings their story to life.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Then there is the activism at its most mush-brained.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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True, some if the upside surprise has come from non-operating gains on holdings in huge, private AI pioneers, but not all of it.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Exxon operates some of the wells directly and holds a financial, non-operating interest in the others.—
Rachel Nostrant,
Houston Chronicle,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In Zoagli, an under-the-radar town not far from Portofino, the Art Deco Villa Amore, a luxury dwelling with concierge services, is now available for booking.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Kenneth Tam’s video work dwells with a community of taxi-drivers struggling with the erosion of their trade in the wake of rideshare apps.—
Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The lens widened further to embrace categories of practice not conventionally regarded as art, most prominently, craft; here, too, the art establishment focused on textiles and ceramics engaged with an existing modernism, as opposed to the 1970s focus on regional and communal networks.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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There’s often criticism of adapting existing IP.—
Haley Kluge,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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But building much larger vessels — the Defiant class is intended to displace roughly 30,000 to 40,000 tons — would only inflate costs and create fatter targets, without offering dramatically new operational capacity.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The entire Starship program, however, is far behind schedule, with 12 launches of the rocket in the past three years—some successful, some not, none qualifying the giant machine as anywhere close to operational.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Production used 350 litres of fake blood, 3 million litres of water and broke the world record by burning 23 people alive in one take, and the latter not even for the Battle of the Gullet.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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On a day in mid-July, three men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren and forced their captives into an underground bunker where they were buried alive.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Post-operative care is provided with a special kit containing shampoos, lotions, and medical products, and the clinic maintains high hygiene standards by sanitizing procedure rooms through ultraviolet technology.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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And with knee surgeries, rehab is most important in the early stages of post-operative recovery.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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“Live.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/live. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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