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as in operating
being in effective operation
a living tradition of the holiday season a living culture that has survived a number of foreign invasions
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as in existing
having being at the present time
there are fewer than a dozen living former presidents
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as in breathing
having or showing life
is your hamster still living?
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as in realistic
closely resembling the object imitated
an outdoor museum that is a living re-creation of a typical New England village circa 1840
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as in residing
to have a home
he lives next door to the hospital
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as in being
to have life
Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece
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as in livelihood
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Recent Examples of living
Eric Cortellessa, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The adaptable living quarters are perhaps the biggest selling point, though.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 12 Aug. 2025
For Jones, the heart of co-living is all about companionship, growth, and collaboration.
—Essence, 8 Aug. 2025
John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Betsy’s love labored between two living losses.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Yet Trump has achieved a cease-fire that returned the last living hostages to Israel and, for a moment at least, opened the door to a new chapter in the region.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The adaptable living quarters are perhaps the biggest selling point, though.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
So, is this a case where a living organism transformed into a non-living state by evolutionary pressures?
—Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 12 Aug. 2025
For Jones, the heart of co-living is all about companionship, growth, and collaboration.
—Essence, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
Beyond break-ups, also when there’s a death of someone close, from that point on it’s as if life is a matter of surviving that absence, going on living despite that absence.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Betsy’s love labored between two living losses.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living
Adjective
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Last year, though revenue and operating profit increased, non-operating red ink pushed the company into a full-year loss of NT$766 million, or $25 million.—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The adjusted net income decreased by 8% y-o-y to $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022 due to higher expenses as a % of revenues and lower non-operating income.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Some locations will open in pre-existing Spirit Halloween stores, while others will be new locations.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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Thus, current fears reinforce a pre-existing localism, and infuse it with new and intense emotions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Though Curry's more realistic rendition of Pennywise has proven to have enduring cultural staying power, Bill Skarsgård has made the role his own over the past decade.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Based on the trailer, Joanne and Noah seem to both be in the honeymoon phase, and also very realistic about their future.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The two are rumored to be residing in separate homes.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hailing from an Indian branch of the Sulaymani Bohras, a Muslim sect residing primarily in the Arabian Peninsula, Husain was exposed to both Hindu and Islamic art from a young age.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As expected, the Party’s Central Committee also promised more efforts to expand domestic demand and improve people’s livelihoods — long-standing goals that in recent years have been little more than an afterthought as China prioritized manufacturing and investment.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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McBride was asked about the impact of deepfakes on the careers and livelihoods of young singers just starting out.—
Susan Caminiti,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike special economic zone offices elsewhere, RHQs in Riyadh are designed to serve as genuine operational bases—not symbolic branches—managing corporate strategy and human capital across the entire Middle East and Africa.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The gel format also prevents leakage and minimizes thermal expansion, enhancing operational safety.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Landscape architects Harriett Wimmer and Joe Yamada were based for many years in the Design Center and probably the most prominent local landscape design practice, which is another extant legacy firm.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Few extant movie studios have properties that go back as far or play as rich as Warner Bros.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By refusing to specify details of the case, the government keeps the possibility alive of changing their reasoning or their claims to have the same effect for different reasons—just as the mob changes its reasoning for killing Cinna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Turns out, she was buried alive—and is now a mainstay at the cemetery as a ghost.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Living.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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