SUBSISTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

subsists

verb

present tense third-person singular of subsist

as in is

to have life a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist

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Recent Examples of subsists While the former requires, actually subsists, on no cookware at all, the latter requires a great big saute pan. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026 But what if their financial defenses run short of cash, or the model on which the entire AI industry subsists founders? — Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

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There is potential for moderate coastal flooding impacts at times, especially Saturday.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026
There is bipartisan legislation in Congress right now that would bring meaningful relief to millions of these families by expanding access to the Child Tax Credit (CTC).

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of is

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Clinical intent lives inside systems, EHRs, point-of-care workflows and clinical content platforms that were never built to expose it in real time to anyone outside the clinical encounter itself.

— Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Venice is the epicenter of creative celebration, a place where bold artistic ambition is recognized, and this project lives squarely in that space.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of lives

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But despite outside observers’ perpetual position of surprise that anything at all exists beyond the theme parks, the people who live here — and their newspaper of 150 years — know the truth.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Only limited data exists about vitamin K drops, and much of it is from Europe, where the drops are more common.

— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

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