subsists

present tense third-person singular of subsist

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Verb
  • If there is a shutdown, federal workers will not be paid, and federal buildings will close as Congress works to pass a deal to reopen the shuttered government.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025
  • There is a specific subcategory of magic romance books deal gently with death, that thing that is as much a part of love and life as any amount of comedy, tropes and beats.
    Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ciri was portaled to the far-off Korath Desert and now lives a life among the Rats, a group of young thieves running amuck in a province of the Nilfgaardian Empire.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Smith’s mother, Marilyn Smith, now lives with the couple.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Is the attraction the fact that it's forbidden and only exists in these short bursts?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Our First Amendment exists explicitly to protect the expression of dissenting opinions.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Subsists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsists. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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