as in lived
to have life
a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist
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Recent Examples of subsisted
Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsisted
Verb
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Vasquez lived at a different address in Norwood.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2026
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Chachapoyas, Peru In the mountains of northern Peru sits Chachapoyas, a city named in honor of the civilization that lived here from 800 BCE to 1470.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
13 May 2026
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There was an active shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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In our family, my father was usually the one driving, but there was never any doubt who was really setting our direction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Revenue targets existed, but there was little infrastructure for measuring the activities that would actually drive those numbers.—
Shivaas Gulati,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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Barbra Streisand broke through glass ceilings before the expression even existed.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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“Subsisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsisted. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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