as in survival
uninterrupted or lasting life
The two became close friends after sharing the same journey of survivorship from cancer.
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Recent Examples of survivorship
Every June, Epic Care hosts its annual Cancer Survivor Gatherings, where patients, caregivers, and care teams come together to celebrate survivorship and reflect on the journey, underscoring their long-standing role in cancer care in the East Bay.
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Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
The review found that the timing of the assessment — whether caregivers were interviewed during active treatment, after diagnosis, or in survivorship — had a significant impact on how caregivers reported their symptoms.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Mar. 2025
That idea of Gotham survivorship was the main point of the musical (which was adapted from a Federico Fellini movie that had been much heavier on the tragic pathos).
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
However, this represents a classic survivorship bias that focuses only on those rare successes while ignoring the thousands of failures that never make the headlines.
—Dmitry Malin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
The review found that the timing of the assessment — whether caregivers were interviewed during active treatment, after diagnosis, or in survivorship — had a significant impact on how caregivers reported their symptoms.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Mar. 2025
That idea of Gotham survivorship was the main point of the musical (which was adapted from a Federico Fellini movie that had been much heavier on the tragic pathos).
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
However, this represents a classic survivorship bias that focuses only on those rare successes while ignoring the thousands of failures that never make the headlines.
—Dmitry Malin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for survivorship
survival
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Just as we’re wired to fight, flee or freeze when threatened, fawning is the instinct to appease, please and self-abandon at any cost in order to stay safe—a survival response often mistaken for being agreeable, easygoing or helpful, Clayton notes.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Reaching an agreement with the United States seemed almost to be a matter of survival for North Korea.—
ANDREI LANKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 July 2025
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“Survivorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survivorship. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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