survives

present tense third-person singular of survive

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of survives Institutions ensure that responsibility survives the individuals entrusted with it. — Walid Chiniara, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Fred left a timeless legacy of dance on film, most famously in his collaborations with Ginger Rogers, while Adele’s work has been lost to history; indeed, no footage of her dancing survives. — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026 All of these touches help with the bump in output, while the oiling upgrades will ensure the engine survives that extra power. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026 Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 The Dyson Ball Animal 3 Extra is built to go after the stuff that somehow survives your first cleaning pass. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 Greaves’ 16mm cameras follow the action as the group reminisces, argues, and wrestles with how culture survives across generations. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 These advocates, in many cases, aren’t concerned about those issues, and believe that if humanity somehow survives the AI age, we are headed for a utopian future full of abundant health and scientific breakthroughs. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Nearly everything that survives of the rebels comes down through their enemies’ pens; Greengrass’ film reaches toward lives that history left largely unseen. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for survives
Verb
  • The interdictions come as Cuba endures its worst energy crisis in decades.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The inanimate matter of the Earth endures, as does its atmosphere.
    — Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Every ton of greenhouse gas that humans can avoid releasing today reduces how much ice Antarctica loses this century, and the benefit – slower and less sea-level rise – lasts for hundreds of years.
    — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Analysts are equally cautious about how long the relief lasts.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will issue a decision on the level of interest rates as the United States weathers a months-long bout of elevated inflation set off by the Iran war.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The make-up of the franchisee portfolio will reveal a lot about how the franchise model weathers the inevitable ups and downs of the consumer economy.
    — Angelo Chavez, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The site to which Shift is specific is not just the farm in King City but the field of historical preservation, where the conundrum of stasis versus passing time prevails.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That prevails in the sense of a connection between an artist and a fan.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Abercrombie Kids’ Baby & Toddler Collection adds newborn through 5T sizing after shoppers asked for smaller sizes, extending the brand into another stage of its customers’ lives.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This is where your team has energy, drive and competitive edge, and where high performance lives.
    — Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But while money remains unclaimed, the government benefits from having control of it.
    — Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Bleecker remains nimble, with roughly 30 employees in New York and Los Angeles, and has a reputation for doing its best to rein in costs.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Mathematicians strongly suspect that there is a genuinely knotty loop that also has a Jones polynomial 1.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That is a hard thing to ask of organizations with famously small margins, if there is any margin worth mentioning.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This pair is a smart choice for walk-to-run beginners who are looking for a budget-friendly shoe that withstands serious mileage.
    — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • If the map withstands a court challenge, Cleaver will have to win over voters in both Democratic Kansas City and the solidly Trump parts of Missouri.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Survives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survives. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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