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as in living
to come safely through
the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall
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as in lasting
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
some old-world customs still survive in modern-day America
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Recent Examples of surviving
Emerson Clarridge
updated March 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
Elliott and others located the victims at Pizza City early on the morning of April 16, shooting one victim to death and shooting another surviving victim multiple times.
—Josh Davis, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
After surviving a dizzyingly chaotic regular-season finale at Ohio University that included two technical fouls and one flagrant on Miami, his RedHawks completed a perfect 31-0 regular season, the first to do so since Gonzaga in 2021 and only the eighth in the last 50 years.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
After surviving two fires, the hotel’s third iteration was designed after a Roman villa.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Police have not provided an update on the condition of the five surviving victims, other than saying they are expected to live.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
History buffs will appreciate the Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, a 1920s estate with tropical charm, and the Stranahan House Museum, the city’s oldest surviving home.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
For 2025, the standard deduction is $15,750 for single filers and married filing separately, $23,625 for heads of household, and $31,500 for married filing jointly and surviving spouses.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The poems that stick with me most are the poems about wrestling freedom away from a predetermined fate, about surviving the end, about living again.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
In the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, Ricks apologized in his last statement to the third, surviving victim, Marcus Figueroa, who watched the execution through glass, the closest person among his relatives in an observation room to Ricks.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
Elliott and others located the victims at Pizza City early on the morning of April 16, shooting one victim to death and shooting another surviving victim multiple times.
—Josh Davis, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
After surviving a dizzyingly chaotic regular-season finale at Ohio University that included two technical fouls and one flagrant on Miami, his RedHawks completed a perfect 31-0 regular season, the first to do so since Gonzaga in 2021 and only the eighth in the last 50 years.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
After surviving two fires, the hotel’s third iteration was designed after a Roman villa.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Police have not provided an update on the condition of the five surviving victims, other than saying they are expected to live.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
History buffs will appreciate the Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, a 1920s estate with tropical charm, and the Stranahan House Museum, the city’s oldest surviving home.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
For 2025, the standard deduction is $15,750 for single filers and married filing separately, $23,625 for heads of household, and $31,500 for married filing jointly and surviving spouses.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The poems that stick with me most are the poems about wrestling freedom away from a predetermined fate, about surviving the end, about living again.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surviving
Adjective
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Filmmaker Sam Green, fascinated by fascination over the oldest person extant, decided to make a film on the subject.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2026
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The strategy has paid off for the airlines, hotel brands, and food and beverage companies that have reported strong demand for their extant and newer premium offerings since fall 2025 — even as sales for their standard and discount products slow down.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
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The backstory Opened in 2013, Nômade, along with its sister property, Be Tulum, blends sustainable living with luxury amenities and a glamping-like experience.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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With each solar orbit lasting 769 days, that’s a real-time slowdown of just over 10 micrometers per second, shrinking the asteroids’ 300-million-mile orbit by 2,360 feet.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Your reliability builds lasting bridges that support future goals.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Now that Iranian forces have threatened to attack any ship entering the Strait, and followed through in several cases, many insurers are cancelling pre-existing war risk policies and looking to renegotiate at higher prices.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Pre-existing conditions Most home warranties will exclude pre-existing problems with covered appliances and mechanicals.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Chinese exports surged 22% in the first two months of 2026 compared to the previous year, the latest sign that Beijing is weathering Washington’s tariffs.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The infield is already weathering two injuries.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Season 2’s prevailing tone is at once more serious and less sorrowful.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Actor award went to Amy Madigan, a lone nominee from a horror film who’s swimming against a prevailing current that favors Best Picture heavyweights.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The facility had been recently hardened with a concrete shell and then covered with soil in the months before the current conflict.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The discovery that the sun and many of these solar twins are of similar ages and located about the same distance from the center of the galaxy suggests that the sun is not at its current position by accident.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Perhaps enduring the toxic black clouds raining carcinogenic oil over their heads is the final indignity the citizens of Tehran must face before their ultimate salvation.—
Arvand Khosravi,
Vanity Fair,
11 Mar. 2026
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Katherine has built an incredible track record of bringing premium content to market and building enduring partnerships with top-tier talent that has consistently positioned the studio at the forefront of the industry.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Surviving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surviving. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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