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as in was
to have life
Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece
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Recent Examples of lived
Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson housing projects were built and black folks settled in, dreaming of moving in with their better-off cousins who lived near Lenox Avenue.
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Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The slavery exhibits were a collaborative effort and detail the lives of nine people enslaved at the home while Washington lived there as president.
—Eva Andersen, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
For decades, microscopic robots lived mostly in our imagination.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
There are nods to this history throughout, and particularly in the restaurant, Annette, which was named in tribute to Annette Kolb, the inspirational French-German writer and pacifist who lived at the original Hotel Cayré for 17 years from 1944.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
The victim lived a short distance away.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Alicia Perry, who lives in Kavala Ranch not far from the Mill Water Circle home, remembered meeting the husband from the family who lived there.
—Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Organizations will keep learning that priorities are something announced, not lived.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The objects that remind you of who came before you and the life that was lived around them.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 21 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The slavery exhibits were a collaborative effort and detail the lives of nine people enslaved at the home while Washington lived there as president.
—Eva Andersen, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
For decades, microscopic robots lived mostly in our imagination.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
There are nods to this history throughout, and particularly in the restaurant, Annette, which was named in tribute to Annette Kolb, the inspirational French-German writer and pacifist who lived at the original Hotel Cayré for 17 years from 1944.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
The victim lived a short distance away.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Alicia Perry, who lives in Kavala Ranch not far from the Mill Water Circle home, remembered meeting the husband from the family who lived there.
—Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Organizations will keep learning that priorities are something announced, not lived.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The objects that remind you of who came before you and the life that was lived around them.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lived
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More alarming, Kayce and his son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), look on devastated as a nurse puts a sheet over a body in the desolate East Camp of the Dutton Ranch, where the family resided.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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The center also found that in 2023, nearly 6 percent of K-12 students in the Pine Tree State had parents without legal status, with nearly 40 percent of adults without legal status having resided in the state for more than five years.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2026
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In between acts, there was a dance intermission featuring background dancers, including a solo female dancer performing a contemporary piece, before the stage opened to a full dance performance.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Detectives did not indicate that there was any connection between the two incidents.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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How dragons existed in the imagination of both Europe in the Middle Ages and China in the fifth millennium BC, though the cultures were unaware of the other’s existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Remote control flight has existed for decades, but modern combat requires drones that can process data and react in real time.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Lived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lived. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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