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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 livelihood
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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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Recent Examples of living
Michael Irving, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
Never mind that David Foster Wallace, who selected her work for The Best American Essays 2007, also put her on his list of best living fiction writers.
—Linda Hall, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
To treat allies worse than enemies and raise taxes on consumers and businesses at a time when the cost of living is a major concern is anything but commonsense.
—The Editors, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The most profound missing link in the evolutionary tree is the very first one: how did living cells arise from non-living matter?
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
Never mind that David Foster Wallace, who selected her work for The Best American Essays 2007, also put her on his list of best living fiction writers.
—Linda Hall, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
More importantly, take stock of what’s really feeding your soul – your emotional needs, your living space and your close relationships.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
To treat allies worse than enemies and raise taxes on consumers and businesses at a time when the cost of living is a major concern is anything but commonsense.
—The Editors, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living
Adjective
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Under Proposition 309, voters casting mail-in ballots could provide a driver's license or non-operating identification license number, the last four digits of a social security number, or a unique identifying number provided by the secretary of state for voter registration purposes.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
The Arizona Republic,
27 Oct. 2022
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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
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But those who have followed this Leicester side all season will know the prospect of this particular team going on an incredible run in the final stretch of the season, combined with Wolverhampton Wanderers losing all of their fixtures, just isn’t realistic.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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Two of the youths involved willingly relinquished realistic paintball guns to officers but a third resisted and was forcibly placed under arrest, police said.—
Dennis Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bradley Whitford is risking his livelihood — and now with all the MAGA loons on the loose, his safety — to do the right thing.—
Trish Deitch,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Funds focused on agriculture, sustainable livelihoods, women leadership and development, military training and education, and programs to strengthen the private sector, along with, curiously, just over $11 million to support nonproliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.—
Mara Kardas-Nelson,
The Dial,
8 Apr. 2025
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Glendale police responded to the area of Greenway Road and 59th Avenue on Sunday morning after receiving reports that someone had been shot by a family member residing in the same household.—
Perry Vandell,
The Arizona Republic,
23 Dec. 2024
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Tragically, since suffering a severe brain injury in 2013, Michael has remained away from the public eye, residing in the family's home to continue his recovery.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Third, operational command of Kamikaze planes is difficult because results cannot be evaluated with any accuracy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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While tech companies chase headlines with increasingly sophisticated platforms, millions of small business owners struggle with basic operational challenges.—
Hunter Steele,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is where one of the biggest challenges lay, extant garments are nonexistent and there are not a lot of surviving images from ancient times which show what people were wearing.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Read More: The Permian Extinction: Life on Earth Nearly Disappeared During the ‘Great Dying’ Success in Warm Waters Applying evidence from experiments on extant marine animals, the team populated their model with the modern relatives of the creatures of the end-Permian era.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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The team was made up of epidemiologists and physicians who focused on preventing babies from getting HIV from their mother and keeping children with HIV around the world alive and on treatment to suppress the virus.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the episode, adult Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) discovers that Melissa is not only alive, but living under a new identity with a family unaware of her traumatic past.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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Her makeup accentuated her natural beauty: a dark pink lip and rosy cheeks.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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This created what's termed a natural experiment, in that the populations born a few weeks on either side of this data should be roughly equivalent in terms of health risks and cumulative exposure.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Living.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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