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
While tough shot-making is fun, prospects who subsist too heavily on that diet have a much higher failure rate as pros, where those shots go from hard to harder.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Until the money arrived, Haley had been trying to subsist largely on black coffee.
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Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
8 Nov. 2025
Some scientists suggest that humans, in fact, made evolutionary leaps as scavengers subsisting off of cats’ felled prey, picking the bones clean.
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Rebecca Van Laer
september 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Dallas’ offense is swinging for the fences on every possession, subsisting almost exclusively on a diet of explosive plays.
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Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsist
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Until the money arrived, Haley had been trying to subsist largely on black coffee.
—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
8 Nov. 2025
Some scientists suggest that humans, in fact, made evolutionary leaps as scavengers subsisting off of cats’ felled prey, picking the bones clean.
—
Rebecca Van Laer
september 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Dallas’ offense is swinging for the fences on every possession, subsisting almost exclusively on a diet of explosive plays.
—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsist
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The golden generation of American men — Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and the rest of the Group D winning crew — live and surrounded by red, white and blue in the home of the red and gold.
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LondonReuters — King Charles will not live at Buckingham Palace after its 10-year refurbishment finishes next year, royal officials said on Thursday, ending nearly two centuries of the central London landmark serving as the British monarch’s primary residence.
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There were kids battling adults of the same age as their parents.
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Projections varied in the weeks leading up to the draft with no real consensus among draft analysts, but in the last 24 hours there were strong indications the Clippers would choose Wagler and the Nets would take Brown.
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Unlike Substrate, xLight’s strategy is to play nicely within the existing ecosystem, developing technology that can integrate into rather than displace ASML’s and TSMC’s existing architectures.
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There’s something really appealing about a band session just existing in its own form.
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“Subsist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsist. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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