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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
Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2025
The pressure is on for Conforto to start living up to his contract.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Currently touring the country with his live theater show Illusionati — an evening of misdirection, mind games, and laughs — which will continue through 2025, Willman is repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 May 2025
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Verb
The three women lived at the home on King Road with two female roommates who went physically unharmed in the attack, while Chapin was Kernodle’s boyfriend and stayed over for the night.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2025
The pressure is on for Conforto to start living up to his contract.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Adjective
In an era of struggling PlayStation live service offerings, some of which will never see the light of day, a bright spot for Sony has been the huge success of Helldivers 2, the ongoing, co-op PvE game where players band together to fight bugs, bots and now rather smart aliens.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Currently touring the country with his live theater show Illusionati — an evening of misdirection, mind games, and laughs — which will continue through 2025, Willman is repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for live
Verb
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Latifah currently resides between Virginia, Chicago, and Kuwait.—
Latifah Al-Hazza,
AFAR Media,
21 May 2025
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Before the 1987 season, in an effort to generate more offense, a new rule moved pitchers back an additional three feet, to the 43 feet the circle’s center currently resides.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Ten blasts were heard near the airport in the Indian Kashmir city of Srinagar and there were explosions in more locations in the contested region, other security officials added.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Ping-pong balls numbered one through 14 are dropped into the hopper and there are a total of 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of the 14, regardless of their order of selection.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Under Proposition 309, voters casting mail-in ballots could provide a driver's license or non-operating identification license number, the last four digits of a social security number, or a unique identifying number provided by the secretary of state for voter registration purposes.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
The Arizona Republic,
27 Oct. 2022
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The adjusted net income decreased by 8% y-o-y to $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022 due to higher expenses as a % of revenues and lower non-operating income.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2023
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Because Axial Seamount dwells nearly 5,000 feet below the surface, its eruption will likely not impact life above.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Don’t dwell on this, because many people feel strained relations with others today, especially their daily contacts.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Hunting is allowed on some existing military reservations, according to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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My fantasy China does not exist in Taiwan or Hong Kong or China anymore.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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There are at least seventeen currently operational rotating restaurants in the United States, the closest being the Skydome Restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, but the disappointing memory of Stouffer’s was Meyer’s only benchmark.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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In addition, women often have to deal with what Biggins describes as operational overload.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Detectives filed the case with the Broward State Attorney’s Office as if the two men were alive.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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Hamas still holds 58 hostages, approximately a third of whom are believed to be alive.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2025
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The aunties then try — try being the operative word — to recreate their moves on the dancefloor at the conference, failing spectacularly.—
Marianne Eloise,
Vulture,
10 May 2025
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Indeed, secrets is the operative word, applied not only to these gifted designers but to the Petit Palais, whose collection of some 5,600 jewelry sketches and gouache renderings is barely known, even to specialists.—
Ruth Peltason,
Air Mail,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Live.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/live. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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