subsisted; subsisting; subsists
2
: to have or acquire the necessities of life (such as food and clothing)
especially
: to nourish oneself
subsisting on roots, berries and grubs
3
a
: to hold true
b
: to be logically conceivable as the subject of true statements
: to support with provisions
Examples of subsist in a Sentence
The author's right to royalties shall subsist for the term of the copyright.
a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist
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Some scientists suggest that humans, in fact, made evolutionary leaps as scavengers subsisting off of cats’ felled prey, picking the bones clean.
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Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Dallas’ offense is swinging for the fences on every possession, subsisting almost exclusively on a diet of explosive plays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
In fact, many traditional northern hunter–gatherers such as the Inuit subsisted mostly on animal foods.
—ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
From here on out, Cam is pretty much tripping balls every day for the rest of his life, subsisting for the first few weeks on a bulk purchase from Lump.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Dallas’ offense is swinging for the fences on every possession, subsisting almost exclusively on a diet of explosive plays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
In fact, many traditional northern hunter–gatherers such as the Inuit subsisted mostly on animal foods.
—ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
From here on out, Cam is pretty much tripping balls every day for the rest of his life, subsisting for the first few weeks on a bulk purchase from Lump.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsist
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“Subsist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsist. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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