as in to live
to have life
a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist
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Recent Examples of subsist
The images showed him in saffron robes, subsisting (as the news channels reported) only on coconut water.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
With starting quarterbacks getting almost all the reps during practice each week, backups have to subsist mostly on scout team reps and film study.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Burbank and Cooper, for whom empires subsist as amazing structures of large-scale governance, accommodating difference without (or until) falling to forces of localism or alternative empires, have a different perspective on collapse.
—Charles S. Maier, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
Did Ancient Mongolians Only Eat Blood? Aside from blood sausages, also known as blood pudding in some areas, Mongolians likely subsisted mostly on meat and dairy products from their herds.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
With starting quarterbacks getting almost all the reps during practice each week, backups have to subsist mostly on scout team reps and film study.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Burbank and Cooper, for whom empires subsist as amazing structures of large-scale governance, accommodating difference without (or until) falling to forces of localism or alternative empires, have a different perspective on collapse.
—Charles S. Maier, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
Did Ancient Mongolians Only Eat Blood? Aside from blood sausages, also known as blood pudding in some areas, Mongolians likely subsisted mostly on meat and dairy products from their herds.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsist
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Our everlasting craftsmanship is what enables pieces to be tailored and redesigned, meaning each piece can act as a living legacy constantly being shaped by the hands it is passed onto.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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These military wives said factors like commute time, distance from medical providers and school districts influence families' decisions to stay in the surrounding base area, in addition to the benefit of community living near other servicemembers and their families.—
Steve Osunsami,
ABC News,
19 June 2025
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There was a lot of CGI involved to add the sense of height, as well as have the rope.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
28 June 2025
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There is a road closure on Monarch Highway from exit 225A to I-35 North.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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Particle physicists are investigating whether the right-handed neutrino exists or if neutrinos’ mirror images are simply identical, which could help explain why the universe contains something rather than nothing.—
Zack Savitsky,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
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However, legislators noted, as of June 2025 there only exist about 65,000 hotel rooms within a hundred-mile radius of the city.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2025
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