alive and well
idiom
1
: living and healthy
She found out that her aunt is alive and well and living in Arizona.
2
: still popular : continuing to be used
Many of the old traditions are still alive and well.
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Florida's manufacturing sector is alive and well, with employment up almost 10% since 2019.
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Yacob Reyes, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
With films by Peter Farrelly, Paul Feig and others, the genre is alive and well in Culver City, and its acquisition of Palm Springs director Max Barbakow‘s sophomore feature Brothers not only fits right into the mold but also manages to be a wildly entertaining example of how to do it.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
With more than one million management consultancy businesses currently active in the USA, more than three million consultants, and an industry size of $392 billion, the statistics agree that the industry is alive and well.
—Nia Bowers, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
The American love affair with the automobile is alive and well in Chicagoland.
—Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Yacob Reyes, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
With films by Peter Farrelly, Paul Feig and others, the genre is alive and well in Culver City, and its acquisition of Palm Springs director Max Barbakow‘s sophomore feature Brothers not only fits right into the mold but also manages to be a wildly entertaining example of how to do it.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
With more than one million management consultancy businesses currently active in the USA, more than three million consultants, and an industry size of $392 billion, the statistics agree that the industry is alive and well.
—Nia Bowers, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
The American love affair with the automobile is alive and well in Chicagoland.
—Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Alive and well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alive%20and%20well. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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