surviving 1 of 2

present participle of survive

surviving

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adjective

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Recent Examples of surviving
Adjective
Early in the investigation, the surviving roommates were ruled out as suspects. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 Built in 1901 by Fort Lauderdale’s founding family, the Stranahan House is the oldest surviving structure in Broward County. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025 The discovery report recorded that the top drawer of the desk contains the provisioner’s ledger and the captain’s expedition journal, but the Danish team who found the ship were pessimistic about the likelihood of the books surviving the tow. Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025 In her interview with Us Weekly, Rimes said the lifetime achievement that gives her the most pride is surviving the pitfalls of child stardom — noting that many others have died young. Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Daniel Trumm, the surviving officer who also fired rounds at Oliver, who was shot to death in a bedroom. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025 The band stopped performing in 2018, and Hayward is the last surviving member of the band’s most successful lineup. Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 She was recognized for her advocacy of education for girls in Pakistan after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban. Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025 All five surviving victims were stable as of Sunday afternoon and their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, police said. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surviving
Verb
  • Under the agreement, accepted by both parties this week, Hamas will return all living hostages—believed to be around 20—in exchange for roughly 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and about 1,700 detainees from Gaza.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Proceeds support the children living at Father Joe’s Villages.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many obstacles remain to a lasting peace — including whether Israel will pull its military entirely out of Gaza, whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza — but the peace plan may already be shifting the debate around calls to ban and boycott culture coming out of Israel.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Shapiro gave an emotional public statement Tuesday alongside his wife, state First Lady Lori Shapiro, explaining that the attack has left lasting scars on his family.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Aside from these extant benchmarks, experts have long debated what an ideal demonstration would look like.
    Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Tracking new information about the firm The other challenge for extant directors is to stay abreast of the news, 8-Ks, chatter, or sentiment about the firm between board meetings.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, in a workforce of more than 2 million people, Kobrin acknowledges that not all federal workers are weathering the shutdown and the turmoil of the past nine months the same way.
    NPR, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rhythmic-format airplay is the draw for anyone weathering flak for collaborating with him.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although surveys showed former Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon with a lead, Collins ended up prevailing with just over 50 percent of the vote.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The two clubs had dueled for much of the season for the AL East crown, with the Jays prevailing via tiebreaker.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The plan does not cover pre-existing conditions, training or obedience classes and more.
    Ryley Amond, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Media outlets like National Geographic and polar explorers questioned whether some of his claims were embellished (which O'Brady forcefully denied) and criticized the all-land route that included traveling on pre-existing tracks.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sky Sets Nick Cave Documentary Sky is set to examine the creative work and enduring influence of Nick Cave through the eyes of some of his collaborators over the years.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The move divided opinion in Kenya but underscored Odinga's enduring role as a political power broker.
    NPR, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With exactly 11 minutes remaining, Walker dumped a screen pass off to O’Brien.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Such is life with Damian Lillard gone and with a slew of unproven guards remaining.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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