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
Studies of the remains of our forebears, as well as observations of living primates and modern-day hunter-gatherers, refute the idea that humans evolved to subsist primarily on animals.
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Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Residents were not allowed to eat any meat, vegetables, or dairy and subsisted primarily off of rice pudding and peanut butter.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 June 2024
Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York:
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
Remember, no one can subsist only on popcorn, even during the warmer weeks.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Residents were not allowed to eat any meat, vegetables, or dairy and subsisted primarily off of rice pudding and peanut butter.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 June 2024
Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York:
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
Remember, no one can subsist only on popcorn, even during the warmer weeks.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsist
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Her mother, who lives 10 minutes from the Lebanese border in northern Israel, has had to take refuge in an underground shelter amid strikes launched by Hezbollah.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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However, there is a strain of the fungus that lives without the endosymbiont.—
Molly Herring,
WIRED,
26 Jan. 2025
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There are corruption scandals, whisper campaigns, and possible bribery afoot, just like with those gossipy Vatican queens.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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When searching for the right rose, there are a number of factors to consider, including color.—
Jessica Jordan,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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But, Ho said, laws exist to protect crime victims from deportation, and that special visa programs aimed at helping victims had not been curtailed.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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There exists no significant chemical or genetic difference between the two.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Subsist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsist. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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