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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While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Then there is the issue of keeping the system in a quantum state.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of is

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Fostering gives cats a temporary home on the way to adoption, alleviating stress on shelters and, in some instances, saving cats’ lives.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Jupiter Island, farther north in Martin County where golfer Tiger Woods lives, has another concentration of large ocean-to-Intracoastal estates.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

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Now, compare that to the infrastructure that already exists in China thanks to its sophisticated supply chains and massive motorcycle production capacity.

— Bultaco, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
She’s played by Sofia Boutella in another one of the Schrader women roles who exists only as a prism to refract male anxieties, a foil to a man’s moral quandaries.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

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