as in survival
uninterrupted or lasting life
The two became close friends after sharing the same journey of survivorship from cancer.
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Recent Examples of survivorship
Both in general, and because of survivorship bias.
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Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
The company has been expanding its services, such as survivorship care, to address quality-of-life gaps that occur past active treatment.
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Ellen Sheng,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Our approach to burn survivorship care at the Connecticut Burn Center is complex and requires a specialized, multi-faceted approach.
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Dr. Jaclyn M. Piselli,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
But first McCarty needed a sense of how many women were imprisoned at Mabel Bassett for crimes tied to their own abuse — a phenomenon that sentencing-reform advocates call criminalized survivorship.
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Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
The company has been expanding its services, such as survivorship care, to address quality-of-life gaps that occur past active treatment.
—
Ellen Sheng,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Our approach to burn survivorship care at the Connecticut Burn Center is complex and requires a specialized, multi-faceted approach.
—
Dr. Jaclyn M. Piselli,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
But first McCarty needed a sense of how many women were imprisoned at Mabel Bassett for crimes tied to their own abuse — a phenomenon that sentencing-reform advocates call criminalized survivorship.
—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for survivorship
survival
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This is the story of a company that has bet its political survival on being technically correct in a town that runs on loyalty.
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After that, survival chances decline sharply due to dehydration, crush injuries, internal trauma and lack of oxygen.
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“Survivorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survivorship. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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