as in to live
to have life
a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist
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Recent Examples of subsist
The images showed him in saffron robes, subsisting (as the news channels reported) only on coconut water.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
With starting quarterbacks getting almost all the reps during practice each week, backups have to subsist mostly on scout team reps and film study.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Burbank and Cooper, for whom empires subsist as amazing structures of large-scale governance, accommodating difference without (or until) falling to forces of localism or alternative empires, have a different perspective on collapse.
—Charles S. Maier, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
Did Ancient Mongolians Only Eat Blood? Aside from blood sausages, also known as blood pudding in some areas, Mongolians likely subsisted mostly on meat and dairy products from their herds.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
With starting quarterbacks getting almost all the reps during practice each week, backups have to subsist mostly on scout team reps and film study.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Burbank and Cooper, for whom empires subsist as amazing structures of large-scale governance, accommodating difference without (or until) falling to forces of localism or alternative empires, have a different perspective on collapse.
—Charles S. Maier, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
Did Ancient Mongolians Only Eat Blood? Aside from blood sausages, also known as blood pudding in some areas, Mongolians likely subsisted mostly on meat and dairy products from their herds.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Post-Apocalyptic Dramas Silo A mysterious and unknown event means that all of humanity now lives deep underground in a Silo, a complex and gigantic 144-level community with firmly entrenched class systems and plenty of intrigue.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
26 May 2025
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And now, their playoff hopes live to see another day.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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There are also tons of deals on travel clothes, from matching sets to wear on the plane to comfy maxi dresses to go from day to night.—
Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2025
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And then there is the ancient and obsolete Bear Cut bridge, which connects the causeway and Virginia Key to Miami-Dade’s massively popular Crandon Park and, beyond it, to the village of Key Biscayne and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park and is years overdue for replacement.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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Marketing work often exists in public-facing environments: websites, pitch decks, social channels and client microsites.—
Henry Kurkowski,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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At the Summer Fest, vendors will highlight a new product or create something new with an existing product.—
Annie Alleman,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2025
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“Subsist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsist. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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