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
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.
—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
In fact, many traditional northern hunter–gatherers such as the Inuit subsisted mostly on animal foods.
—ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
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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.
—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
In fact, many traditional northern hunter–gatherers such as the Inuit subsisted mostly on animal foods.
—ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsist
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Strong, deep-rooted, living hundreds of years and towering skyward even as their massive limbs reach out expansively, these trees evoke awe.—
Joseph Bonasia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Those samples were compared to DNA donated by those known to be living descendents of the men aboard the expedition, the University of Waterloo said in a news release.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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On one side there was a swing, a slide and a tricycle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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In addition to traditional treatments, there are holistic therapies like sound healing, Reiki, and shirodhara, an ancient Ayurvedic remedy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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The promotions in the NHL arena that viewers see on TV may not actually exist in person.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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The last five millennia have typically seen a great diversity of co-existing political forms—sometimes overlapping and symbiotic, sometimes divided and incommensurable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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“Subsist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsist. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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