as in survivance
uninterrupted or lasting life
The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action.
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Recent Examples of survival
The cooperation and technology is causing hope for the right whales’ survival to slowly, and cautiously, grow.
Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Electronic lighthouses for whale sightings
Mariners already try to avoid whales to protect the animals and their ships.
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Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and deadly type of brain cancer, is known to have a very poor prognosis — but a new study suggests that a pain-relieving drug could extend survival.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
For cancer that has metastasized, the median 5-year survival dips to nearly 38%, according to NCI.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Sea cucumbers use their regenerative powers for survival, too.
—Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and deadly type of brain cancer, is known to have a very poor prognosis — but a new study suggests that a pain-relieving drug could extend survival.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
For cancer that has metastasized, the median 5-year survival dips to nearly 38%, according to NCI.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Sea cucumbers use their regenerative powers for survival, too.
—Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for survival
Noun
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The April 11 attack, whose details have emerged in the weeks since, was the worst ever at Zamzam, Sudan’s largest displacement camp, in its 20 years of existence.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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The approvals were critical for a heavily indebted airline that has been eking out an existence for more than four months with the help of interim court approvals to use the cash generated by operations.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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That idea of Gotham survivorship was the main point of the musical (which was adapted from a Federico Fellini movie that had been much heavier on the tragic pathos).—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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However, this represents a classic survivorship bias that focuses only on those rare successes while ignoring the thousands of failures that never make the headlines.—
Dmitry Malin,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survival. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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